If you’re trying to shorten a YouTube video without editing software, you’ve come to the right place. This wikiHow article will teach you how to trim YouTube videos in Microsoft PowerPoint. It’s a quick and easy way to shorten video clips from the popular site and offers a nice shortcut if you’re looking to add a YouTube video to a PowerPoint presentation too. We will walk you through all the ways to shorten a YouTube video using Microsoft PowerPoint.

Shortening Videos With an Internet Connection

  1. Find your desired video and click “Share.” The “Share” icon is indicated by an arrow and sits right next to the thumbs-up and thumbs-down icons just beneath your YouTube video.
  2. Click “Embed.” It is the leftmost option and is represented by a greater-than-sign and a less-than-sign pointing away from one another.
  3. Copy the entire string of HTML text. Clicking “Embed” pulls up a large body of HTML. Copy the entire text to your device’s clipboard.
  4. Open Microsoft PowerPoint and go to the “Insert” tab. It is the third option from the left, just next to the “Home” tab.
    • The ordering of the toolbar tabs atop your screen may vary slightly from one version of Microsoft PowerPoint to another.
  5.  Click “Video” and then “Online Video.” Find the “Video” tab on the far end of the “Insert” toolbar. Click on it, and then choose “Online Video” from the drop-down menu. 
  6. Paste the HTML code into the “From a Video Embed Code” field. PowerPoint offers two methods for importing videos from the web. You can search YouTube directly via the “Search YouTube” field, but we want to embed our copied HTML code. Paste it into the bottom field.
  7. Determine your desired start and end point. You likely already have these timestamps in mind, but if not, use the YouTube video scrubber to determine where you would like to begin and end the video. 
  8. Edit the HTML code using the format end=__&start=__. Place the text immediately after the URL, towards the beginning of your HTML code. After both “end” and “start,” fill in your desired values.
  9. Hit “Enter” on your keyboard. Your video will then automatically embed into your presentation with your desired parameters applied.

How to Shorten a YouTube Video in PowerPoint

Shortening Videos Without an Internet Connection

  1. Open a slide in your PowerPoint presentation. Make sure it is the slide on which you want to place your YouTube video.
  2. Go to the “Insert” tab and click “Screen Recording.” It should be the furthest option to the right, represented by a small video camera and a box. Your computer will then display an overlay for screen recording.
    • The order of the icons may differ across different iterations of Microsoft PowerPoint.
  3. Open your desired YouTube video and click “Select Area” on the overlay’s control menu. Your computer will then display a small cross-haired cursor. Click on it and drag it to create a box around the video.
    • PowerPoint will record whatever is inside the box, so be sure to fit it as tightly around your video as possible.
  4. Determine your desired start point. Prepare to play the video from wherever you would like it to begin. If you want to start the video from the beginning, simply allow it to play normally. 
  5. Click “Record.” When you have your desired start point ready, click “Record” and play the video.
    • You may click “Pause” at any time to stop the recording temporarily. Remember to pause the YouTube video as well, or it will jump when you play your recording back.
  6. Click “Stop” when the video reaches your desired endpoint. This will end your recording. 
  7. Save your PowerPoint presentation. Click “File” and then “Save” to save your PowerPoint. Your recording will now be embedded in your intended slide.
    • You can save your video separately by opening the PowerPoint in your File Explorer and changing its file extension from “.pptx” to “.zip” and double-clicking on the renamed file. This will open a new File Explorer window listing all of your presentation’s content. The edited video can be found under “media.” 

FAQs

Q: Why can’t I trim my video in PowerPoint?

A: You can only trim videos that you’ve inserted from your computer. You can see Trim a video, music clip, or sound clip in PowerPoint for more details. Here is my test screenshot for your reference, if I insert a video from my PC, the Trim Video feature will work normally.

Q: Can we convert the YouTube video to PPT?

A: Go to YouTube, find the video you want to use, and copy the URL you want to embed in PowerPoint. Go to clip converter. cc, paste the copied URL to download, and click Continue. Once it is converted, download the converted file. Open PowerPoint and select where you want to insert the video on your slide.

Q: How to embed YouTube videos in PowerPoint with start and end times?

A: Click the Share option below the YouTube video to copy the embed code. From the given options, select Embed. From there, you can also specify the time you intend to start and if you want the video controls to show when it is playing. Copy the embed code to include in your presentation slide.

Q: How do you cut a few seconds from a YouTube video?

A: Creators and viewers can create YouTube clips by simply clicking on the new clips icon that is between the thumbs-down button and the share button below the video player. Keep in mind the feature is currently limited to desktop, iPhone, and Android devices.

Q: Can a YouTube short be shorter than 15 seconds?

A: How long are YouTube Shorts? YouTube Shorts are vertical videos that are 60 seconds or less in length. Shorts can be a 60-second continuous video or several 15-second videos combined.