You can now insert YouTube video clips inside Google Documents much the same way as you embed videos in Google Pages or the new Google Sites.
Just place the cursor anywhere in your Google Document, go to the Insert menu and paste the YouTube URL (watch the screencast).
It gets better - if your video is not on YouTube, you can upload the clip online via Google Docs itself. Haven’t tried this myself but I guess the videos are uploaded to Google Video - Picasa also uses Google Video for uploading video files.
Update: Google has rolled out support for YouTube only in documents, the feature is not in Google Spreadsheets or Google Presentations yet.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/office/embed-youtube-video-google-docs-presentations/2769/
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Reader Comments
This rocks. I can insert video in Google Docs via my Gmail account but not through Google Apps.
Written by Deepan on 03.31.08
Thanks but when I export the Google Document as a PDF, it only shows a still image .. is that an error ?
Written by Ganesh on 03.31.08
Deepan - yes, the YouTube upload feature is not in Google Apps yet.
Ganesh - You can insert video or other multimedia files into PDF but that requires Adobe Acrobat or Nuance PDF. The video support in Google Docs is more for viewing video like in a web.
Written by Amit Agarwal on 03.31.08
I tried in Google Docs, mine just shows Picture in Insert Menu, no “Picture or Video” option. When I try to add the link, it says add only image files. Probably this doesn’t show in everyone’s account I think.
Written by Chris on 03.31.08
Same problem as #4. Same link but it only shows image and no option for youtube. This is the newer version also. Strange…
Written by Ted on 04.18.08
I’m not seeing a video insert option either.
Written by Jameson on 04.30.08