[Typing] "Here's my video"...If you're typing up a Google Doc and you want to insert a
YouTube video, you would expect to see "Insert video" here. There is an
option there if you're using Google slides but there isn't one in Google
Docs. We're going to show you just a couple steps to do as a workaround to
get a working thumbnail in here that's a link to a YouTube video. Here's how
you do it. Obviously, go to the space in the document where you
want it. Then we're going to insert a drawing. The first part of that
drawing is going to be a screenshot taken of the video. Go to the video that
you want and use the snipping tool. I'm just going to hit the Windows key
and type SNIP and that'll get me to mine (or yours). It'll do the same thing
obviously. This is using Windows. If you're using Mac, you're gonna have to do
things a little bit differently but it's the same general principle. I'm going
to snip this picture, the start of the video, and then I'm just gonna save it to
my desktop. Save it wherever you want, doesn't matter. I'm just gonna save it.
I'm gonna save it right there. Then, I'm gonna
go back to my Google Doc and I'm going to insert, don't do an image, do a drawing.
We're gonna insert a drawing. Once we're in this drawing, we're gonna
do two images. The first one is going to be that screenshot. That's on your
desktop, so we're just gonna do upload. Here it is.
All right, so that's - you see where we're going with this, I think. That's the first
part of what we want to insert. Go to this little picture of a landscape again
to insert another image while you're still in this drawing and search for
"YouTube play button." It'll come up with these different options. Use whichever
you want. I think I typically see this red one so I'm just going to
use that so it's most obvious to the user. It's little big
so just go to one of the corners until your mouse turns into that little
diagonal bar with an arrow on both ends and shrink it down about that size. Put
it right in the middle of your thumbnail. That looks like a clickable link to a
YouTube video right? So we're there. Let's scroll back up I lost my SAVE button, where'd it go?
Okay, so I had to zoom back up to find my SAVE button. I was just zoomed
in so you could see it easier. You don't have to do that so you'll probably be
able to find your SAVE AND CLOSE right here. I'm gonna click on it. It's
gonna put that image right into my Google Doc. Let's make it a little
bit smaller. It's up to you. So now you have the image and this is going to be
in your document, but you have to make it a link. Go to Insert, go down to
Link. To get the URL, go back to your video and go to the share option. It's
highlighted in blue. It's all ready for you. Just copy it. That's the link to that
specific video. Go back to your Google Doc and paste it in. I'm doing control V as
in Victor. You can just right click with your mouse and paste that if you want.
Click apply. Now we're done. We can test it out by going up to the upper
right-hand corner and changing this from Editing to Viewing. This is what people
are gonna see if you share with them. Here's my video. When you put
your mouse over it, and say it turns into the little pointy thingy, and
that's what tells you you're over a link. If I left click, it'll bring me right
there, like this. This is really typical simple example I pulled off the web. So now
you have a working link to a YouTube video from your Google Doc!