Adding YouTube videos to PowerPoint presentations can be a little tricky if you’re not familiar with the process. In this guide, we’ll walk you through all the steps so you can have your slide slow up and running in no time.
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YouTube Videos and PowerPoint
So far in this series on Using Music and Videos in PowerPoint Presentations, we’ve restricted ourselves to looking at different ways that music can be incorporated into your slide show. Now, we want to move onto something a little more complex and cover how to embed a YouTube video into a PowerPoint slide.
Accessing the Developer Tab
Before you can embed a YouTube video into a PowerPoint 2007 presentation, you’ll need to make sure that the Developer tab, as shown in the image below, is present on the PowerPoint ribbon.
If this tab isn’t shown, you can add it quickly by performing the following steps.
First, click on the Office button to open up the main menu of PowerPoint. At the very bottom of this menu is a button entitled PowerPoint Options. Click on this to continue.
Once the PowerPoint Options window opens, select the Popular category and put a check in the box next to Show Developer tab in the Ribbon. Click OK to exit, and the Developer tab will now be present on the PowerPoint ribbon. Note that the Developer tab may not appear in the exact same location on your ribbon as it does in this screenshot. Its location will depend on how you have personally customized your own PowerPoint ribbon.
Embedding a YouTube Video
Now, we want to move on to the fun part and actually embed the video. First, navigate to the slide where you wish to add the YouTube video. Open the Developer tab and click on the More Controls button as shown in the screenshot below.
The More Controls window will now open and display a long list of controls that you can add to your PowerPoint presentation. Scroll through the list and select Shockwave Flash Object as in the following image.
Click OK to continue. Once you click OK, it may seem like nothing has happened, but don’t get frustrated yet! Before you can go any further, you need to use your cursor to draw a rectangular image somewhere on the slide. This rectangular object will eventually hold the YouTube video, so try to draw it accordingly. Don’t worry too much if it’s not perfect; we can always go back and resize it later. When you complete your drawing, your slide should look something like the following screenshot.
Continue to the next page for the remainder of this tutorial on adding YouTube videos to PowerPoint presentations.
Using Music and Videos in PowerPoint Presentations
Adding music and videos to a slide show can definitely take your Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to the next level. In this series, we’ll take a closer look at how to incorporate music and embed videos into your presentation.
