Add video and audio in Numbers on Mac
You can add video and audio to a spreadsheet, or replace a media placeholder with a video.
Note: Video and audio files must be in a format that QuickTime supports on your Mac. If you can’t add or play a video or audio file, try using iMovie, QuickTime Player or Compressor to convert the file to a QuickTime file (with a .mov filename extension) for video, or an MPEG-4 file (with a .m4a filename extension) for audio.
You can also record audio and add it to your spreadsheet.
Add video or audio
Go to the Numbers app on your Mac.
Open a spreadsheet, then do one of the following:
Drag a media file from your computer to a media placeholder or anywhere else on the spreadsheet.
To add a video, click in the toolbar, choose Photos or Videos, then drag a video file to a media placeholder or anywhere else on the spreadsheet.
To add audio, click in the toolbar, choose Music, then drag an audio file to a media placeholder or anywhere else on the spreadsheet.
Click the Play button on the media to play it in the spreadsheet.
Add a video from the web
You can add links from YouTube and Vimeo so videos play in your spreadsheet.
Important: This feature may not be available in all regions.
Go to the Numbers app on your Mac.
Open a spreadsheet, click in the toolbar, then choose Web Video.
Type or paste a link to the video, then click Insert.
To play the web video in your spreadsheet, click the Play button .
Note: You must be connected to the internet to play a video from the web.
When you paste supported video links into your spreadsheet, they are inserted as web videos by default. To change this setting, choose Numbers > Settings (from the Numbers menu at the top of your screen), then deselect the tickbox next to “Paste YouTube and Vimeo links as web videos”.
Replace video or audio
Go to the Numbers app on your Mac.
Open a spreadsheet with video or audio, then click the video or audio on the sheet to select it.
In the Format sidebar, click the Movie, Audio or Web Video tab at the top of the sidebar.
Click Replace.
Select a video or audio file, then click Open.
If you are replacing a web video, insert a link to a new video, then choose Replace.
Add a video description
You can add a description to videos in your spreadsheet that you added from your device, iCloud or another service. Video descriptions are read by assistive technology (for example, VoiceOver) when someone uses that technology to access your spreadsheet. Video descriptions aren’t visible anywhere in your spreadsheet.
Go to the Numbers app on your Mac.
Open a spreadsheet with video, click the video to select it, then in the Format sidebar, click the Movie tab.
Click the Description text box, then enter your text.
If you export your spreadsheet as a PDF, video descriptions are still readable by assistive technology. See Export to Excel or another file format.
To add descriptions to an image or drawing, see Add an image description or Add a drawing description. To add a caption to your video, see Add a caption or title to objects.
Add an audio description
You can add a description to any audio in your spreadsheet. Audio descriptions are read by assistive technology when someone uses that technology to access your spreadsheet. Audio descriptions aren’t visible anywhere in your spreadsheet.
Go to the Numbers app on your Mac.
Open a spreadsheet with audio, click the audio to select it, then in the Format sidebar, click the Audio tab.
Click the Description text box, then enter your text.
If you export your spreadsheet as a PDF, audio descriptions are still readable by assistive technology. See Export to Excel or another file format.
To add descriptions to an image, drawing or video, see Add an image description, Add a drawing description, or Add a video description. To add a caption to your video, see Add a caption or title to objects.
You can set Numbers to optimise the format and quality of movies and images that you add to spreadsheets.
To set video or audio looping, adjust playback volume or make other edits to your media, see Edit video and audio.