Type in the name of the video you want to search for and hit Enter. A dialog box will pop up, and you’ll see a Search YouTube box.Click the Video icon and select Online Video… from the drop-down menu. On the far right of the Insert menu, you’ll see a Video option.Select the slide you want to add your YouTube video to, then click on the Insert tab in the top ribbon.Here are the steps you’ll need to take to add a YouTube video to your presentation using this search function: How to embed a YouTube video in PowerPoint using the “Search YouTube” featureĪdding YouTube videos into a PowerPoint presentation has become so common that Microsoft has now included a “Search YouTube” feature with PowerPoint that makes locating and embedding a video into your presentation really simple. If you’re running PowerPoint on OSX, see the section below for Mac users. If you are running PowerPoint 2010, skip down to the section below on instructions for offline playback. NOTE: the following methods are for PowerPoint 2013 and newer on Windows 10.