How to Embed Video in Microsoft Excel

Feb 11,2019 - (Free)

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This article demonstrates the 3 ways that how to run a YouTube video from within Microsoft Excel. You may know of some other approached to this subject that is worth sharing. It’s a breeze to embed a video in Microsoft Excel.

You can add an Active X control to the worksheet and add the video URL to the properties of the control.
A Userform that is active from a button on the sheet is I think the best way to do this as it takes less space and cannot be accidentally deleted. This is for me the best approach normal.

Follow these two methods to embed video in Microsoft excel

When did you need to embed a video in Microsoft Excel?

As a training tutorial for the active file
To promote your business with the Excel file that you send
In place of and instruction list or how to list
To introduce yourself to your intended audience
To direct people to your website or YouTube channel

Here are the changes that are needed for the URL

Link to video URL as it appears on YouTube
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3TBBCZAdCs.
Remove watch? And replace = with /
1. Add this to the end of the URL ?fs=1&hl=en_US
This is what it should look like when finished
1. https://www.youtube.com/v/U3TBBCZAdCs?fs=1&hl=en_US

The first way to embed video in Microsoft Excel.

Active X control: Shockwave Flash Object

On your worksheet, click on the Developer tab on the ribbon.
If the Developer tab is not visible then go to File / Customise the Ribbon/on the right-hand pane tick the box next to Developer
Click the Developer tab/in the control section, select Legacy Tools/Active X Controls/More Controls (The image is a crossed spanner and hammer)
Scroll down until you can select Shockwave Flash Object
Draw a box on the spreadsheet the size of the video (not too big).
Right-click inside the box and choose Properties.
In Movie add the URL for the YouTube video.
In the URL delete Watch? And change = to / and save the document.
Click on Design Mode under the Developer tab to deselect design mode.
Play your video.

The second way to embed video in Microsoft Excel.

YouTube Video in a Userform

Press ALT + F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor
Choose Insert/Userform
Click View / Toolbox
Right Click Toolbox / Additional Controls
Scroll to Shockwave Flash Object and tick the box the object will now appear in the toolbox
Click the Shockwave Flash Object icon that is now in the toolbox and draw a frame in the userform
Right Click / Properties / Movie and insert the URL then remove? Watch and replace = with/in the URL
On the Toolbox, click Command Button add draw a Command Button under the Video Frame
Double click the button and insert this code in the space between the 2 lines unload me
In the VBE menu Choose Insert Module / in the module add this code Sub Open then hit Enter
In the procedure (between () and End sub)add this code Userform1. Show(check Userform Name)
Close the visual basic editor
On the worksheet selected, the Insert tab then Shape and add a shape to the page
Right-click the shape / Assign Macro / Select the macro Openme / click OK