Embed a You Tube Video in your PowerPoint 2007 Presentation
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
If you’d like to include a You Tube clip as part of your PowerPoint presentation, you can easily embed a video to play directly within your slideshow. Follow these steps to embed a You Tube video in PowerPoint 2007:
- Go to the Developer tab
- If you don’t see the Developer tab, click the Microsoft Office Button and select PowerPoint Options. Click Popular, then select the Show Developer tab in the Ribbon check box.
- In the Controls box, click on More Controls ( hammer and wrench button)
- Select Shockwave Flash Object from the list
- Draw a box on the slide where you want the video
- Right click on the box and select Properties
- In the Movie line, enter the YouTube video’s URL but you must change the watch?v= to v/ in the URL
- You won’t see the video until you run the slide show once