Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2019 September 4

= September 4 =

Inserting a video movie
into a presentation, e.g., a YouTube one ? I didn't see anything suitable in the clicked menu, and I might be wrong. since this is my 1st time doing this. Even 'save' din't help (only a picture was saved). בנצי (talk) 08:17, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Are you talking about linking to a YouTube item from within a PowerPoint presentation? Or about linking to something else from within YouTube? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 10:29, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Right clicking on video should produce "Copy video URL" and "Copy video URL at current time", either of which could be inserted into a presentation, and then require a click to take you back to video in YouTube. The "Copy embed code" attempts to run the video directly in a web page, but I don't know if that would work within a presentation. SinisterLefty (talk) 11:41, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Within PowerPoint you can add links to websites and it seems to work. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 12:19, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by that ? Your answer is too general. בנצי (talk) 14:17, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * There's more than one way, but one of the easiest is to copy-and-paste the URL into a text box on a slide. When you hit return after URL, it will create the link. Then test it by right-clicking and selecting "open link" or "open hyperlink" depending on which version of PowerPoint you're using. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:27, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Here's an official explanation of how to do it. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:49, 4 September 2019 (UTC)


 * I see. However, the link should be pasted to the box opened by 'insert menu' > 'video'. Incorporating the two menus. I see. בנצי (talk) 14:58, 4 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Note that the options I listed won't actually copy the video, only links to it. So, you would need Internet access during the presentation or you would get broken link errors. SinisterLefty (talk) 15:47, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Precisely. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:27, 4 September 2019 (UTC)