Embed YouTube Videos in PowerPoint 2010

On the YouTube website, locate the video you want to use in your presentation. The URL of the video will be in the address bar of the browser. You don't really need to know this information, but it is shown as Item 1 in the image.

1. Click on the Share button, located right below the video.
2. Click the Embed button, which will open a text box showing the HTML code for this video.
3. Check the box beside Use old embed code [?].
4. In most cases, you will select the video size as 560 x 315. This is the smallest size of the video and will be the quickest to load during the presentation. However, in certain circumstances, you may want a larger file size for better clarity on screen.

​Note: Even though you can enlarge the placeholder for the video later, the resultant onscreen playback may not be as clear as if you had downloaded a larger file size of the video from the source. In most cases, the smaller file size is sufficient for your needs, but choose accordingly.

1. After the previous step, the HTML code should be visible in the expanded text box. Click on this code and it should become selected. If the code does not become selected, press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + A to select all the text in the box.
2. Right click on the highlighted code and select Copy from the shortcut menu that appears. (Alternatively, you may press the keyboard shortcut keys Ctrl + C to copy this code.)

Once the HTML code is copied to the clipboard, we are now ready to place that code in a PowerPoint slide.

1. In PowerPoint, navigate to the desired slide.
2. Click on the Insert tab of the ribbon.
3. Towards the right side of the ribbon, in the Media section, click on the Video button.
4. From the dropdown menu that appears, choose Insert Video from Web Site.
5. In the dialog box that appears, right-click in the blank area and choose Paste from the context menu that appears. (Alternatively, click in a blank area of the text box and press the shortcut key combination Ctrl + V to paste the HTML code into the box.)
6. Click the Insert button to apply.

The YouTube video appears as a black box on the slide. The dimensions of the placeholder will be as you selected in an earlier step. This may not be the best size for your presentation, and you may need to resize it.

1. Click on the video placeholder to select it. There are tiny selection handles in each corner and side of the placeholder. These selection handles allow for resizing the video.
2. To retain the proper proportions of the video, it is important to drag one of the corner handles to resize the video. (Dragging a selection handle on one the the sides will cause distortion of the video.) You may have to repeat this task to get the sizing just right.
3. Hover the mouse over the middle of the black video placeholder and drag to move the whole video to a new location, if necessary.

Test the YouTube video on the PowerPoint slide

• Never assume that everything will work fine without a test. Press the keyboard shortcut Shift + F5 to start the slide show from this current slide.
• Press the big triangular Play button in the middle of the video.