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I am trying to embed a video from youtube directly into my powerpoint presentation. Under the insert tab and video pull down list, I have the option of "video from file" and "video from clipart", but the option of "video from website" is there in the pull down menu but I can't "click" it. The option is "greyed out" please help ty.
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Requirements for online video sites (Youtube, etc.) are as follows:
Flash Player 10+
Windows Media Player 10 or higher
32-bit Office 2010
Does your system meet all of those requirements?
-- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
You cannot use the embed code to link to an online video using the 64-bit version of PPT.
You might check into Live Web. http://skp.mvps.org/liveweb.htm
You can also download the video, convert it to WMV, and embed or link that into PPT 2010.
In previous versions of PPT, people would suggest using an ActiveX control to embed videos, but I don't think you can do that in the 64-bit version. Hopefully someone will pop in and clarify that, because I'm not positive.
-- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Vinay: I am having the same problem. If I am using the 64-bit version of Office/Powerpoint, will I not be able to embed video content?
Vinay, where in this article does it explain why the command would be grayed out?
-- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Click on the link below and refer to the category link to a video file on a website:-