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To insert a YouTube video into a PowerPoint presentation you must first download that video to your computer.
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'''You cannot embed YouTube videos or videos from online websites in the 64-bit version of Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 - which is what we have here at Winona State.'''
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To insert a YouTube video (or any video from an online website) into a PowerPoint 2010 (64-bit) presentation you must first download that video to your computer.
  
 
===Download YouTube Videos to Your Computer===
 
===Download YouTube Videos to Your Computer===
  
To download a YouTube video to your computer, navigate to the YouTube video that you wish to insert and in new tab or window go to: http://en.savefrom.net/
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*To download a YouTube video to your computer, navigate to the YouTube video that you wish to insert and in new tab or window go to: http://en.savefrom.net/
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*Copy the YouTube URL and paste the URL into the box on http://en.savefrom.net/, then click the download button.
  
Copy the YouTubes URL and paste the URL into the box on http://en.savefrom.net/, then click the download button.
 
 
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The window will load and you should see different options to download the video. Click on what size you want the YouTube video to be. I suggest you select  ''MP4 720P''
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*The window will load and you should see different options to download the video. Click on what size you want the YouTube video to be. I suggest you select  ''MP4 720P''
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*At the bottom of your screen it will ask if you want to Open, Save or Cancel.
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At the bottom of your screen it will ask if you want to Open, Save or Cancel. [[File:YTPP7.PNG]]  You should select the arrow by Save, then select Save as. You will then pick where you want to save and name the video.  
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*You should select the arrow by Save, then select Save as. You will then pick where you want to save and name the video.  
  
Navigate to where you saved the file and open that file, it will then start to download the video.
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*Navigate to where you saved the file and open that file, it will then start to download the video.
  
===Putting A Video Into Microsoft PowerPoint===
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In the PowerPoint side click where you want the YouTube video to be on, go up to the top next to the file button and click on ''Insert''  
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===Putting A Video Into Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (64-bit)===
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*In the PowerPoint side click where you want the YouTube video to be on, go up to the top next to the file button and click on ''Insert''
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[[File:YTPP4.PNG]]
  
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*Under the Media section click on ''Video'' and then select ''Video from File...''
  
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Under the Media section click on ''Video'' and then select ''Video from File...'' [[File:YTPP5.PNG]]
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*Navigate to where you saved the YouTube video that you downloaded and then click ''Insert''  
 
 
  
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Navigate to where you saved the YouTube video that you downloaded and then click ''Insert''  [[File:YTPP6.PNG]]
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Latest revision as of 13:49, 3 June 2022

You cannot embed YouTube videos or videos from online websites in the 64-bit version of Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 - which is what we have here at Winona State.

To insert a YouTube video (or any video from an online website) into a PowerPoint 2010 (64-bit) presentation you must first download that video to your computer.

Download YouTube Videos to Your Computer

  • To download a YouTube video to your computer, navigate to the YouTube video that you wish to insert and in new tab or window go to: http://en.savefrom.net/

YTPP2.PNG

  • The window will load and you should see different options to download the video. Click on what size you want the YouTube video to be. I suggest you select MP4 720P

YTPP3.PNG

  • At the bottom of your screen it will ask if you want to Open, Save or Cancel.

YTPP7.PNG

  • You should select the arrow by Save, then select Save as. You will then pick where you want to save and name the video.
  • Navigate to where you saved the file and open that file, it will then start to download the video.


Putting A Video Into Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (64-bit)

  • In the PowerPoint side click where you want the YouTube video to be on, go up to the top next to the file button and click on Insert

YTPP4.PNG

  • Under the Media section click on Video and then select Video from File...

YTPP5.PNG

  • Navigate to where you saved the YouTube video that you downloaded and then click Insert

YTPP6.PNG