Friday, September 10, 2010

Embed a YouTube Video in a PowerPoint 2007 Presentation

Text directions for the video:

1. Make sure that the Developer tab is available.

    Office button > PowerPoint Options > Check Show Developer tab in Ribbon > OK

2. Click the Developer tab > More Controls button> choose Shockwave Flash Object from the list > click OK > click on the slide and drag until a box is formed.

3. Find a video on YouTube (or other site). Copy the URL (not the embed URL).

4. Right click on the box you created on the slide > choose Properties.

5. Click in the Movie field in the dialog box that opens. Paste the URL in the field.

6. Wherever you see "watch?" in the URL, delete it. Delete the equal sign (=) and add a slash (/) there.

7. Don't loop the video by choosing False in the Loop field.

8. To choose when the movie plays change True to False in the Playing field.

9. Close the dialog box by clicking the red "x" in the top right corner. Test to see if this work in your presentation.

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