Videos are a great way to explain a topic. It shows your audience the message you intend to pass across personally. In PowerPoint, inserting a video or embedding it from an online source is extremely simple. This guide will show you how.
Insert a video
- Open PowerPoint. Click on New if you wish to create a new project or Open to find a project that’s already been created. For this guide, we’re building a new slide.
Open PowerPoint - On the slide you want to embed the video, select Insert on the top-left in the menu bar.
Find insert and click on it - Next, click on Video
Click on Video - Choose from the heading “Insert Video From” how you want your video uploaded. There are three different options:
This Device – Finds a video that is saved locally on your device.
Stock Videos – PowerPoint has native stock videos which you can insert
Online Video – You can embed a link. We will discuss each option further below.
Click on Video for options
Insert a video from your device
- Click on This Device
Click on This Device - Select a video file.
Select a video file from your device - Adjust the video by resizing and placing it where and how you want it
Adjust and place the video where you want
Insert a stock video
- Click on Stock Videos
Click on Stock Videos - Select a video appropriate for your presentation
Select a video - Adjust the video and place it where you want it on the slide
Adjust and place the stock video where you want
Embed a video using a link
- You can grab a video link from YouTube (or a different video host) to embed the video into a PowerPoint slide. First, copy the video you want to embed.
Copy the link to the video from the web page - On your PowerPoint slide, select Online Videos
Click on Online Videos - In the next Window, Paste your link into the empty address bar.
Right-click and click on paste - Finally, click on the Insert button at the bottom to insert the embedded video.
Paste the link and insert the video - Adjust your video by resizing it and placing it where you want.
Note: You can play a video inside PowerPoint after embedding it to ensure it’s suitable for your presentation.