To get a YouTube video to play in a PowerPoint presentation, you can use the “Insert Video” feature in PowerPoint. Here’s how:
- Open the PowerPoint presentation and navigate to the slide where you want to insert the YouTube video.
- Click the “Insert” tab at the top of the window.
- Click the “Video” button in the Media group.
- In the “Insert Video” window, click the “Online Video” option.
- A search field will appear. Type in the URL of the YouTube video that you want to insert and press Enter.
- The video will be inserted onto the slide. You can click and drag the video to move it to a different location on the slide.
To play the video during the slide show, you will need to set up the video to play automatically or assign a button to play the video.
To set up the video to play automatically:
- Right-click the video and select “Video Options”.
- In the “Video Options” window, select the “Start” drop-down menu and choose “Automatically”.
- Click “OK”.
To assign a button to play the video:
- Insert a shape or button onto the slide.
- Right-click the button and select “Hyperlink”.
- In the “Insert Hyperlink” window, click the “Place in This Document” option on the left.
- Select the video from the list of slides and objects on the right.
- Click “OK”.