Be mindful of this.įollow these steps to embed a video in PowerPoint from your PC or Mac: 1. The only downside is that a PowerPoint with an embedded video will have a larger file size. If you send the PowerPoint presentation to someone else, they’ll be able to play the video without trouble. When you embed a video, you insert that video into the PowerPoint itself. There are pros and cons to embedding a video into your PowerPoint (verses linking to a video). We’ll show you that option in the next section. The second is to link to a video file stored on your computer.
The first is to insert an embedded video from your computer (which we’ll go over in this section). There are two ways to insert a video file into PowerPoint from your PC or Mac.
How to embed a video in PowerPoint from your PC or Mac Go to PowerPoint and select your slide.Ĥ Type ”web video player” into the search bar, then hit enterĦ In the popup window labeled web video player, paste the link you copied from YouTube in Step 1.ħ. On YouTube, find the video you want, click the share button below the video frame, and copy the link.Ģ. The following steps work for embedding YouTube videos in PowerPoint for Mac.ġ. To insert an online video into a PowerPoint in Mac OS: You’ll need the internet for your video to work. Your video won’t work unless you choose one of these options.ĩ. Click the Start menu to select how the video plays. For PowerPoint 2010, click “Insert Video From Website.”ħ. Click “Paste Embed Code Here” and paste the Embed code you copied in Step 2. If you’re in PowerPoint 2019 or earlier, choose “Video from Website” instead.Ħ. The correct code should start with Online Video. Here, click the “Copy” button in the bottom right corner. After clicking the “Embed” icon, wait for a popup screen called “Embed Video”. Don’t copy the URL on the initial “Share” popup screen.