Recently a number of notable Websites, such as Youtube, Google video and MySpace, use FLV format. FLV video is supported by all popular browsers (IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera…) and viewable on different operating systems (MacOS, Windows, and Linux). but PowerPoint Presentation can not recognize it. That means we can not insert flv video into PowerPoint directly. We need to convert the flv video to MPEG, AVI ,WMV etc. and then insert the converted video to PowerPoint, But in my personal experience, The best format PowerPoint support is wmv, Here I will tell u a ways to put flv video in PowerPoint.

Now follow the steps below to embed web video into PowerPoint 2010. If you are using an older version of Office, you need to download the web video to your computer first and then follow this guide to embed video in PowerPoint.

Now follow the steps below to embed web video into PowerPoint 2010. If you are using an older version of Office, you need to download the web video to your computer first and then follow this guide to embed video in PowerPoint.

Now follow the steps below to embed web video into PowerPoint 2010. If you are using an older version of Office, you need to download the web video to your computer first and then follow this guide to embed video in PowerPoint.

Steps: Embed Web Video into PowerPoint 2010

Step 1. Navigate to the online video that you wish to embed into your PowerPoint presentation.

Tips: if you don’t want to take such complicate steps, you can also use PPT to video software to convert PowerPoint to video with easy.

Step 2. Copy the embed code. Look for an "Embed" or "Share" option near the video. After finding the code, highlight it and press "Ctrl" and "C" simultaneously to copy it.

Step 3. Navigate to the PowerPoint slide in which you want to embed the video. 3. Click "Developer”, click the icon "More Controls" which is displayed as hummer and wrench in the Controls column. 

Step 4. Click "Insert" at the top of the program, go to "Video" from the toolbar list at the top, and click "Video From Web Site" from the drop-down list.

Step 5. Click the empty text box in in the "Video From Web Site" window, and press "Ctrl" and "V" simultaneously.

Step 6. Click "Insert", Done!

Generally speaking, in order to avoid video codec problems on different computers and make sure the video can be played back normally, the FLV format is not recommended to use in the PowerPoint. In view of the popularity and highly compatible cross-platform features of flash movie in SWF, we may try to convert the FLV files to SWF and then insert the SWF file to PowerPoint. you can also use PowerPoint to video converter to change PowerPoint into video format, Using video clips to show concrete examples in PowerPoint presentations such as business meeting, courseware and some family celebrations is a great idea. It promotes active cognitive processing, which is the natural way people learn. So I want to descript a simple question asked in yahoo answers frequently, that is, how to insert video into PowerPoint in MS PowerPoint 2007and how to reliably deliver the PowerPoint presentation contains video clips. This is a frequent problem that the video can’t play on other’s computer you sent to while it can play well in your own computer. 

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