While you can find your own reasons to spice up a PowerPoint with a clip, we recently found this feature useful when explaining how to talk about audio quality. Here are our step-by-step instructions for how to add a YouTube video to a presentation. Just make sure you have an internet connection when presenting, as you’re not embedding the entire video file. MORE: Our Favorite Streaming Media Players and Sticks

  1. Click Insert. 2. Click Video. 3. Select Online Video.
  2. Type your search into the YouTube prompt and click enter. 5. Select a video and click Insert. You’ve added a YouTube video to a presentation, and you can play it by clicking on it while presenting.

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