Embed a Youtube video into a PowerPoint Presentation

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Many businesses and large organizations have found that embedding a Youtube video into a PowerPoint presentation can be a great way to get your point across. It can really make your PowerPoint presentation stand out from the rest.

What you will need to embed a Youtube video into a PowerPoint presentation:

You will need the PowerPoint program installed on your computer. You will need the url of a Youtube video that you want to embed. You will also need to edit the URL for it to work. When viewing the finished product you will need to be connected to the internet for the video to work. How to find the URL of a Youtube video? You can find the Youtube video URL on the page where you are watching the actual video on Youtube. The URL is located in the box next to the video on the right as you can see in the screen shot below. So now you need to make that text blue, then right click on it and choose copy. The URL at the top in the address bar is sometimes the same, but other times it is altered, depending on what section the video is in. Therefore it is better to get the URL that is next to the video. How to edit the Youtube video URL so it works with PowerPoint? Now the URL you copy from the Youtube video website will not work in PowerPoint so we must change it a bit. Here's what I copied from Youtube http://www.youtube.com/9r2teNocXzE and this is what it is meant to look like for PowerPoint: http://www.youtube.com/v/9r2teNocXzE I removed this bit watch?v= And replace it with v/ How to Embed a Youtube video into PowerPoint 2000+? Start the PowerPoint program. Open a new slide. A blank one will do. You can do this by going to the file menu at the top and choosing new. Now go to the view menu at the top and choose toolbars from the menu. Then click on control toolbox. Then a toolbar will open. Now click on the icon for more controls, down the bottom right in the toolbar. Then a list will appear, scroll down to find the words shockwave flash object. Close the toolbox now. Now you can draw a square or box on your slide and this is where the video will go. Go to the left corner of your slide, left click your mouse, then drag the mouse away to create the box. Take you left click off when you have the size you like. Now right click on the box you have just created and a menu will appear. Choose properties from the menu. The properties for the shockwave flash box you created will come up on the left. At the top of this list, double click on custom to add custom details about your Youtube video. Add the Youtube video URL in the box that says movie URL. Do not check the embed movie box. It is not needed for this situation because the video is stored on Youtube itself. Press apply and then OK. Close the properties of the shockwave flash box by pressing the cross in its corner. Now go to the file menu at the top and choose to save the presentation to your computer. Now click on the Slide show menu at the top. Choose view slideshow. Your Youtube video will play. Watch this Youtube video that shows how to embed Youtube into PowerPoint:

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