Inserting a YouTube video into your PowerPoint is one technique to improve your presentations and keep your audience engaged.
YouTube has quickly become the most popular and prolific video resource on the internet, and with so many options to choose from, you’ll almost certainly want to include a video or two in your presentations at some point. Finding a YouTube video for your presentation is simple, but getting that video onto a slide and ensuring it plays on presentation day requires a few steps you may not be familiar with.
We’ve produced this article to show you how to embed YouTube videos in PowerPoint presentations in order to help you take advantage of the video resources available on YouTube.
How to Embed YouTube Video in Powerpoint Using Embed Code?
To use a YouTube embed code to include a video into your PowerPoint presentation, follow these steps:
Step 1: Find the YT video you want to embed
- Open YouTube and find the video you want to embed
- Click on Share below the video
Step 2: Copy the YouTube video embed code
- From the dialogue box, select embed
- Click on Copy
Step 3: Select Insert video option on Powerpoint
- Open Microsoft PowerPoint
- Go to the slide you want to embed the YouTube video in.
- Click on Insert
- Then Go to Video
- Select Online video from the small list
Step 4: Embed YouTube Video in Powerpoint slide
From the two options, select embed video. Paste the code in the vacant box.
Then, Click on the small arrow next to the code.
Step 5: Preview the YT video in slideshow mode
Wait for PowerPoint to successfully insert the video in your slide. It might take a couple of seconds, be patient don’t close the window. Once the video is embedded in the presentation. You can drag, enlarge and place the video wherever you wish using the small circle dots around the video. Place it in a way that the video is properly visible. Preview the video to check if it’s playing properly by clicking on the slideshow option.
Watch the video
You can play the embedded YouTube video in Normal view or Slide Show if it was successfully inserted. YouTube videos are set to play in “click sequence” by default. You don’t have to click the Play button to watch the video. To progress to the next phase in your click sequence, simply use the spacebar.
- In Normal view, a Play button appears on the video.
- You can interact with videos in Slide Show exactly like you would in a web browser.
Need Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer 11 is necessary on your computer if you want to play videos in PowerPoint. You don’t need to use it to surf the web; you only need to have it installed because PowerPoint relies on its technology to play videos on Windows.
If you’re running Windows 10, you’ve already got Internet Explorer 11 installed. If you have an older version of Windows, you can find instructions on this Internet Explorer Downloads page.
Conclusion
Adding a YouTube video to your PowerPoint can ensure that your audience remains attentive and interested, whether you’re aiming to entertain or educate them. We hope you’ll take advantage of the numerous resources YouTube has to offer and pick the right video to make your next Microsoft PowerPoint presentation as unique and appealing as possible now that you know how to embed a YouTube video into PowerPoint.
Did we leave any stages or solutions for incorporating a YouTube video into your next PowerPoint presentation out? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!