PowerPoint: insert video into presentation

The easiest way to insert a video into your PowerPoint presentation is through the content field that usually appears with every new slide. You can read exactly how to do this in these instructions.

Spice up PowerPoint presentation with video

To insert a video into the PPP, proceed as follows:

1. Click the "Add media clip" icon in the content field of the desired slide.
2. Now select the video you want to insert and confirm below with »Insert«.
3. The video has now been inserted and you can scale it as usual or apply effects to it.

• If the content field is not available, you can of course insert videos. You can find the corresponding entry in the menu bar at the top of PowerPoint. Click on the "Insert" item in the menu bar. Now select the "Video" item and then go to "Video from file ...". Now search for the desired film and embed it in the presentation with »Insert«.
• If you integrate your videos, there may be problems with missing codecs. The formats that are best supported are AVI, MPEG and WMV. If you want to convert videos into another format, the free program "XMedia Recode" is suitable for this.
• Alternatively, you can also insert YouTube videos in PowerPoint presentations.

In another article we explain how you can add music to your presentation.