How to insert Offline Video in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Want to add offline video content to your Office sheets, documents or slides? Microsoft Office can add offline videos to your documents using the Active X Controls features in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. These Office programs have an Active X Control called Windows Media Player. This control allows users to input a mini Windows media player interface where users can play offline videos on it. In this tutorial, we will explain how to insert Offline videos in Microsoft Office programs, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Follow the steps below on how to insert Offline Video in Word, Excel and PowerPoint:

How to insert Offline video in Word

1. Launch Microsoft Word.
2. Click the Developer tab and click the Legacy Tools button in the Controls group.
3. In the drop-down menu, click More Tools under the Active X Controls section.
4. A More Controls dialog box will open.
5. Scroll down to Windows Movie Player, then click OK.

A Mini Windows Movie Player interface will appear in your Word document.

Right-click the Mini Windows Movie Player and select Properties from the context menu.

A Properties pane will appear on the left.

Adjacent Custom click the button.

A Windows Media Player Properties window will open.

On the General tab, Under Source, you can input an URL of a video or click Browse to input videos from your file.

In this tutorial, we click Browse. Now search for a video from your file, then click Open.

On the Windows Media Player Properties window, click the Advanced tab.

Under Window Controls Settings, check the check box for Windowless Video.

Then click OK.

Close the Properties Pane.

Turn off the Design Mode button. When the Design Mode button is turned on, it is highlighted. If the Design Mode is not highlighted, it is turned off.

Now play the video.

How to insert Offline video in Excel

1. Launch Excel.
2. Click the Developer tab.
3. Click the Insert button and select More Controls under the Active X Controls section.
4. A More Controls dialog box will open.
5. Scroll down and select Windows Media Player, then click OK.
6. Now draw the Windows Media Player interface on the spreadsheet.

Then follow the same procedures explained above for Word.

How to insert Offline video in PowerPoint

1. Launch PowerPoint.
2. On the Developer tab in the Controls group, click the More Controls button.
3. Scroll down and select Windows Media player, then click OK.
4. A Message Box will pop up; click Enable Active X.
5. Draw the Windows Media Player interface on the Slide.
6. On the Developer tab, click the Properties button in the Controls group to open the Properties pane.

Then follow the same procedures explained above for Word.

Read: How to insert Audio or Sound files in PowerPoint

We hope you understand how to insert Offline videos in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

How do I embed a video in Word 2007?

In Microsoft Word 2007, there are two methods that you can use to input videos into your documents.

1. Method 1: Open File Explorer, search for a video and drag it onto the Word document.
2. Method 2: Click the Insert tab and click the Object button in the Text group.
3. An Object dialog box will appear.
4. Click the Create from File tab and then click the Browse button.
5. Search for a video file, then click Insert.
6. Now check the Display as icon checkbox.
7. Then you can click the change Icon button and select an icon.
8. Click Ok for both dialog boxes.
9. Now click on the video icon to play the videos.

How do I insert a video into PowerPoint 2010?

Follow the steps below on how to insert a video in PowerPoint 2010.

1. Click the Insert tab, then click the Video button in the Media group.
2. You can choose any of the sources which you can insert the video from (Video from file, Video from website, or Clip Art Video.)
3. Let’s select the Video from file Option.
4. Search for a video in the file and click Insert.
5. The video is inserted into the slide.

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What video types does PowerPoint support?

1. Windows Video (.asf)
2. Windows Video (.avi)
3. MP4 Video (.mp4, .m4v, .mov)
4. Movie (.mpg or mpeg)
5. Adobe Flash (.swf)
6. Windows Media Video (.wmv)

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