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Inserting a video file from an online site such as YouTube in PowerPoint 2010 is easy -- follow these steps to get started:

1. Within PowerPoint 2010, open the presentation you want to use and select the slide where you want to insert the movie.
   
   
2. Access the Insert tab of the Ribbon, and within the Multimedia group, click the downward pointing arrow in the Video button to bring up a dropdown menu. Then choose the Video from Web Site option, as shown in Figure 1.
   
   
   Figure 1: Selected Video from Web Site option
   
   
3. This brings up the Insert Video From Web Site dialog box(see Figure 2).
   
   
   Figure 2: Insert Video From Web Site dialog box
   
   
4. Browse to any online video web site which has an Embed option -- these include YouTube, slideshare, authorStream, slideboom, Scribd, etc. For this tutorial I have used one of Indezine's uploaded videos on YouTube. On the webpage, click the Embed button to get the code (highlighted in red, refer to Figure 3).
   
   
   Figure 3: Online video's embed code on YouTube
   
   
5. Copy the embed code and paste it into Insert Video From Web Site window, as shown in Figure 4. Once done click the Insert button.
   
   
   Figure 4: Online video's embed code pasted into Insert Video From Web Site dialog box
   
   
6. This will place the online video into your PowerPoint slide (see Figure 5). You can resize this video as required, by dragging the handles.
   
   
   Figure 5: Online video inserted into PowerPoint
   
   
7. Run the slideshow to view the video playing, there will likely be a delay while your video loads.
   
   
   Note: You must be connected to the internet when you run your presentation. Also, do remember that any video formatting you add such as shapes or video effects will not work with inserted web videos.
   
   
8. Save your presentation.
   

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