HELP!How to put a video into PowerPoint?

Hi,

I'm not a complete idiot when it comes to computers but there's a lot of basic things I can't do, and I'm sure this is one of them.

Doing a presentation for college. I want to put a short video into it. The video is on youtube. I don't want to put the link in and then have to click onto it and go onto youtube when I'm doing the presentation as 1) could be seen as time wasting 2)internet links don't always work in the room I'll be giving the presentation in. Is there anyway I can put the video into the presentation itself?

Thanks!

6679

http://www.wikihow.com/Embed-YouTube-Flash-Videos-in-Your-PowerPoint-Presentations

Make sure the computer your doing presentation on has internet access and has sound.

Right click the area you drew which is displayed as a big cross, select Properties and go to Properties tab. Copy and paste the YouTube video address in the field as value of attribute Movie; set the value of attribute Playing and Loop to False. Close the Properties tab when everything is done.

This is the last step...once I do it nothing happens. I still have the box with the cross in it...

2Scoops

What about when you run the slideshow mode?

2Scoops

2Scoops wrote: »

What about when you run the slideshow mode?

excellent! all sorted now.

Thanks guys...I can now play the video and give myself a whole minute to relax. I hate presentations!

xsiborg

if the room you are giving the presentation in does not have internet access, it might be no harm to download the youtube video, store it locally on your hard drive, then embed it in your presentation...

Annaly

http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/learningcenter/how-to-add-various-videos-to-powerpoint-resentation.html#240
Add various videos into PowerPoint presentation.