Title: How to Embed a Video in PowerPoint (Step-by-Step)
Headings: How to Embed a Video in PowerPoint (Step-by-Step)
How to Embed a Video in PowerPoint (Step-by-Step)
Embedding Online videos vs. Desktop videos
1. Video size
2. Internet connection
3. Playback options
How to embed a video in PowerPoint
How to trim an embedded video in PowerPoint
How to add a Video thumbnail
What is a video thumbnail and why is it important?
1. Using a video frame as the thumbnail (or Poster Frame)
2. Importing a video thumbnail (or Poster Frame)
How to reset a thumbnail (or Poster Frame)
How to make a video play full screen
How to compress a video in PowerPoint
Conclusion
What’s Next?

Content: Select your video
Scrub to the video frame you want to use as your thumbnail
Navigate to the Video Format tab
Open the Poster Frame drop down
Select Current Frame
Selecting Current Frame, your video timeline will say Poster Frame Set, as you can see in the picture below. 2. Importing a video thumbnail (or Poster Frame)
To import your own custom Poster Frame to use as your video’s thumbnail in PowerPoint, simply: Select your video
Navigate to the Video Format tab
Open the Poster Frame drop down
Choose Image from file…
Select From a File
Navigate to the image on your computer
Select the image you wan to use
Click Insert
​For help creating your own video thumbnail, you can see how to crop photos in PowerPoint here and how to remove an image background here .​​
How to reset a thumbnail (or Poster Frame)
If you don’t like the thumbnail image you chose for your video, you can always pick a new one or reset the thumbnail image. To Reset your video Poster Frame in PowerPoint, simply: Select your video
Navigate to the Video Format tab
Open the Poster Frame drop down
Select Reset
Selecting Reset, whatever Poster Frame you set for your video is removed. Doing so, PowerPoint once again uses the default Poster Frame for your video (its first frame). After resetting your Poster Frame, you can always add a new one as discussed above. How to make a video play full screen
If you embedded a video from your computer into PowerPoint, you can get it to play full screen without having to resize it. If you are working with an online video in your presentation, see the note down below about Getting an online video to play full screen.