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If you are wondering how to insert a video on PowerPoint<\/strong>, it means that you have already realized the importance of using multimedia content in your presentations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what led you to such a point?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I mean, how did you decide to insert a video into a presentation?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It could be a product demo<\/strong>, or perhaps some educational insight within a training course<\/strong>, or even footage that brings a distant reality into the meeting, and so much more.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think, for example, of a chocolate company’s marketing presentation that illustrates product placement in supermarkets with a video that takes managers on a virtual tour right from the meeting room.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even a construction company that must decide about one or more construction sites could take advantage of videos, or even create 3D videos to show something that does not yet exist.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could give you countless examples where inserting a video on a PowerPoint presentation makes perfect sense.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know what I mean, right?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, if a picture is known to be worth a thousand words, just think how much a video could help your case! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PowerPoint is a phenomenal tool, in terms of integrating multimedia content.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think about it – it’s not like a slide is just made of text, is it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PowerPoint is a tool that allows you to mix text content with images, videos, charts, tables, and so much more. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find out, just go into the slide master<\/a> and select the drop-down menu to insert a placeholder field.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you know how many types of content PowerPoint supports? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PowerPoint supports as many as eight different types of content, including media content – your videos.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now is the time to insert a video into your PowerPoint presentation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click on the Insert menu > Video <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You will see 3 different options:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>Insert Video in PowerPoint from Your Device <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To start with a simple example and see how it works, let’s imagine that the video is locally available on your computer.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will simply need to click on the insert button, and a window will open that will allow you to select your video.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this case, I will use as an example the video in which I demonstrate how the MLC PowerPoint Add-in <\/a>button works for sending only selected slides by email. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s very simple – just select the video and either click Insert or double-click it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The video is ready to be displayed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>Insert Video in PowerPoint from Stock   <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever noticed those advertising videos that all look the same, with those powerful soundtracks and super engaging visuals?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often, these are video montages made from stock material.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what is stock material?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is short video content that represents something and that you can easily edit together to produce more complex videos.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PowerPoint makes the entire Microsoft repository <\/strong>available to you, so it’s up to you to have fun.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should we see how it’s done?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to Insert > Video and select stock video.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A window will open for you to explore all the available stock videos<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are quite a few, aren’t there?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And just think, it’s all top-quality material that you can use unlimitedly and completely for free<\/strong>. Not bad, huh?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>Insert Video in PowerPoint from the Web <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Last option, you can insert a video directly from the web.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meaning, a video you can find on the Internet?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exactly! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to Insert > Video > Online Video <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A little window will open for you where you will see all the websites you can draw from.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Would you like to embed a YouTube video directly into PowerPoint? <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come on, let’s give it a try!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, I open my YouTube channel <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then, I select the URL address of the video to copy it (CTRL + C) and paste it (CTRL + V) into the window that opened on PowerPoint.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click Insert, and the video will be visible on your slides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Easy, right?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, it is very intuitive, but be careful – not all that glitters is gold.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, this video has not been downloaded and embedded in your presentation but is merely linked to the original that is on YouTube.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So? What is the problem, Maurizio?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem is that, if your connection goes down while you’re delivering your presentation, the video will not work, for example.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To test this, all you have to do is right click and try to save the video.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You’ll see that you won’t be able to do that.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I mentioned, the video is not in the presentation, it’s just linked to it directly from YouTube.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what if I wanted to insert a YouTube video into PowerPoint by importing it?  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case, you would have to download it from YouTube to your computer and then follow the procedure to embed it from your devic<\/strong>e (first option of the last three illustrated).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, downloading videos from YouTube is not that easy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To do it safely, without the risk of ending up on malicious sites, you can use the YouTube Video Download feature of the<\/strong> MLC PowerPoint Add-in<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will explain it in the next video: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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