Add sound from a file

You can make your presentations more interesting

by adding audio clips that contain entertaining or

informative content. For example, if you are holding

a conference and want to display a welcome slide in

the front of the room while attendees get settled,

you can add an audio clip that plays music while

the slide is on the screen. Additionally, if you are

presenting a slide that discusses how happy customers

are with your product, you can insert directly into the

slide an audio clip of a customer talking about your

product to really emphasize your points.

When you insert an audio clip from a file, a small

audio icon is placed onto the slide. That audio icon

can be clicked and dragged to the desired location on

the screen. When you are ready for the audio clip to

play while you are in Slide Show mode, you simply

click the audio icon and the audio plays. You can also

have PowerPoint play the sound automatically when

you display the slide. The audio clip does not play in

an external media player; it plays through your

computer’s audio system.

1 Display the slide into which you

want to insert the sound.

2 Click the Insert tab.

3 Click the top half of the Sound

split button.

The Insert Sound dialog box

appears.

4 Navigate to the folder that

contains your sound file.

5 Click the sound file.

6 Click OK.

PowerPoint asks you

how you want the

sound to start.

7 Click When Clicked.

l If you prefer that the

sound start as soon as

you display the slide,

click Automatically,

instead.

PowerPoint inserts the sound icon.

8 Click and drag the sound icon to position

it where you want in your slide.

* You can click Preview to hear the sound.

More Options!

If your sound file is lengthy, you can configure the

sound to play across multiple slides until it finishes.

Click Options, click the Play Sound menu, and then

click Play across slides.

More Options!

You can control the volume that the sound file uses

during the slide show. Click Options, click Slide Show

Volume, and then click the relative volume you prefer

(Low, Medium, High, or Mute).

More Options!

If you configured the sound to play automatically

when you display the slide, you might not want the

sound icon to appear during the slide show. To set

this up, click Options and then click to activate the

Hide During Show check box.