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Add Movies in Excel

August 8, 2021 by Andrew Childress
Add video Excel display as icon

You might never use Excel as your movie theater, but it's a handy feature to know that you can add movies in Excel. Let's learn how to do this in Excel.

You might never use Excel as your movie theater, but it’s a handy feature to know that you can add movies in Excel. Excel handles so much more than data, and adding video is a great example.

In this article, you’ll learn to add movies in Excel. No matter how you use the feature, you’ll see that this simplifies packaging a video with an Excel workbook.

Add Movies in Excel

It always helps to consider not just how to use a feature, but how to use it to your advantage. Here are a few purposes to add movies in Excel:

  • Help guides – let’s say that you created a workbook and now you’re handing it off to someone else. Include a screencast of how to use specific parts of the spreadsheet.
  • Quizzes and prompts – if you use your spreadsheet for teaching purposes, record a short video clip to give directions on a question to answer.
  • Reminders to yourself – if you don’t use a spreadsheet often, record a short reminder in video format so that you can remember how the file functions.

To add a video, make sure you have a clip saved. Then, open Excel and find a spot in the workbook to add your clip. Go to the Insert > Text > Object.

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Now, switch to the Create from File tab and browse to a video clip. Tick the Display as icon box, then press OK.

Add video Excel display as icon

Now, you’ll see an icon that embeds the video in your spreadsheet. Ask your user to double-click on the icon, and they can open the video file. It’s now included in the Excel spreadsheet.

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Unfortunately, there’s no way to embed the video with a player in the spreadsheet.. That means that you can’t add it as a standalone video that will play inside the spreadsheet. You’ll need to add the video file, then ask your user to double-click on it to open it.

Even though it’s imperfect, adding movies in Excel helps to keep your files bundled together.  Remember this feature as a way to teach, spark thinking, or prompt questions.

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