How to Insert an Audio File into PowerPoint: 9 Steps

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How to Insert an Audio File into PowerPoint: 9 Steps
How to Insert an Audio File into PowerPoint: 9 Steps
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This tutorial shows you how to insert a piece of music into a PowerPoint presentation.

Steps

Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 1
Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 1

Step 1. This tutorial uses PowerPoint 2007 as an example, although the process for PowerPoint 2003 is still very similar

Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 2
Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 2

Step 2. Insert the audio file (the file will play from slides 5 to 8, assuming that the presentation consists of a total of 20 slides)

Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 3
Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 3

Step 3. Select slide number 5

Access the 'Insert' menu and select the 'Audio' item, then choose the 'Sound from file…' option. Now select the audio file you want to insert into your presentation.

Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 4
Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 4

Step 4. Within the dialog box that appears, you can decide how you want the audio file to be played within the PowerPoint presentation

Press the 'Automatically' button.

Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 5
Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 5

Step 5. From the PowerPoint ribbon, select the 'Animation' tab, then choose the 'Custom Animation' option

Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 6
Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 6

Step 6. From the 'Custom Animation' panel that appeared, select the down arrow button next to the selected song

Choose the item 'Effect Options' from the context menu that appeared.

Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 7
Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 7

Step 7. From the dialog box that appeared, select the 'Effect' tab, and choose the 'After [number] slides' option, located in the 'Stop playback' section

In the field relating to the number of the slide after which to stop playback, type the number 8 (in the case of our example).

Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 8
Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 8

Step 8. Now select the 'Interval' tab and choose the 'End slide' option for the 'Repeat' field

Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 9
Insert Multiple Music to Powerpoint Step 9

Step 9. After finishing this setup, the selected audio file will be played automatically during slide show 5-6-7-8

If you want to insert a second piece of music, follow the same procedure by selecting the audio file you want.

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