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How To Embed Youtube Video in Excel Worksheet

This document provides steps to embed a YouTube video in an Excel worksheet. It explains how to modify the YouTube URL, insert a Shockwave Flash object in Excel, set its properties to the modified URL, and play the video. It notes to save in XLSX or XLSM format for compatibility.

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How To Embed Youtube Video in Excel Worksheet

This document provides steps to embed a YouTube video in an Excel worksheet. It explains how to modify the YouTube URL, insert a Shockwave Flash object in Excel, set its properties to the modified URL, and play the video. It notes to save in XLSX or XLSM format for compatibility.

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How to Embed Youtube Video

in Excel Worksheet
Embedding a Youtube video in Excel could be helpful if you want the user
to go through some instructions in the video before using the
spreadsheet/model/dashboard. I sometimes use it during excel training
session with live examples.

In this blog post, I will show you how you can embed youtube video in
Excel.

Step 1 – Modify Youtube URL


1. Get the youtube video URL. I am using the URL of a popular video
from my Youtube channel.

2. Modify the youtube link by making the following changes

 Remove watch?

 Replace = after v with a forward slash (v= becomes v/)

 Add &vq=hd720 at the end of the URL to play it in HD mode.


Make sure that the video has the HD mode available in youtube (if
not, do not add &vq=hd720).

 The resulting URL looks like this

3. We will use this URL in Step 2 to embed this video in Excel

 
Step 2 – Embed Youtube Video in Excel
1. Go to Developer Tab. If you do not have a developer tab in
ribbon, click here to learn on how to enable it.

2. In developer tab, go to Insert –> More Controls.

3. In More Controls dialogue box, select Shockwave Flash Object and


click OK

4. Click anywhere on the sheet and it will insert the Shockwave Flash
Object

5. Right click on the Shockwave Flash Object and Click on Properties

6. In the Shockwave Flash Object Properties dialogue box, make the


following changes

 AllowFullScreen: True (This enables you to play the video in


full-screen mode)
 Movie: https://www.youtube.com/v/Gm5m-y49rI0&vq=hd720 (it
is the modified URL created in Step 1)

7. Close the properties window. Go to Developer and click on Design


Mode. This will get you out of Design Mode and you would see
youtube video load in the flash object space. Click on play to watch
the video.

Caution: Do not save in compatibility mode. It may not work when you re-
open it. Save it in XSLX or XLSM format

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