Microsoft PowerPoint allows you to create presentations with text, images videos and sound clips. When you download music for your PowerPoint presentation, you save it to the directory where the presentation is saved on your hard drive.
Note: Your device must have a microphone enabled in order to record audio. To review your recording, select Stop and then select Play. Select Record to re-record your clip, or select OK if you're satisfied. To move your clip, select and drag the audio icon to where you want it on the slide. If you’re using more than one audio file per slide, we recommend putting the audio icon in the same spot on a slide to find it easily. Select Play. Change playback options Select the audio icon and then select the Audio Tools Playback tab.
Then select which options you'd like to use:. To trim the audio, select Trim and then use the red and green sliders to trim the audio file accordingly. To fade in or fade out audio, change the number in the Fade Duration boxes. To adjust volume, select Volume and select the setting you prefer.
To choose how the audio file starts, select the dropdown arrow and select an option:. In Click Sequence: Plays the audio file automatically with a click. Automatically: Plays automatically once you advance to the slide that the audio file is on. When Clicked On: Plays audio only when the icon is clicked on. To choose how the audio plays in your presentation, select an option:. Play Across Slides: Plays one audio file across all slides.
Loop until Stopped: Plays an audio file on loop until it’s stopped manually by clicking the Play/Pause button. To have the audio play continuously across all slides in the background, select Play in Background. Delete audio To delete an audio clip, select the audio icon on the slide and press Delete. In Normal view, click the slide that you want to add a sound to. On the Insert tab, in the Media group, click the arrow under Audio.
In the list, click Record Sound. The Record Sound dialog box opens. In the Record Sound dialog box, click Record, and begin speaking or playing your own audio.
Click Stop when you're done recording. Assign a name to the recording. Click Play to listen to the recording. If you're satisfied, click OK to save the recording and insert it on the slide. If you're not yet satisfied, repeat steps 4 and 5. The audio icon and controls appear on the slide:. In Normal view or Slide Show view, click the icon and click Play to play the music or other sound.
On the slide, select the audio clip icon. Under Audio Tools, on the Playback tab, in the Audio Options group, do one of the following:. To start the audio clip automatically when you show the slide, in the Start list, click Automatically. To manually start the audio clip when you click it on the slide, in the Start list, click On Click. To play an audio clip as you click through the slides in your presentation, in the Start list, click Play across slides. To play an audio clip continuously until you stop it, select the Loop until Stopped check box.
Important: Use this option only if you set the audio clip to play automatically, or if you created some other kind of control, such as a trigger, to click to play the clip. (A trigger is something on your slide, such as a picture, shape, button, paragraph of text, or text box, that can set off an action when you click it.) Note that the audio icon is always visible unless you drag it off the slide. Click the audio clip icon. Under Audio Tools, on the Playback tab, in the Audio Options group, select the Hide During Show check box. In Normal view, click the slide that you want to add a sound to. On the Insert tab, in the Media Clips group, click the arrow under Sound. Do one of the following:.
To add a sound from your computer or a network share, click Sound from File, locate the folder that contains the file, and then double-click the file that you want to add. To add a sound from clip art, click Sound from Clip Organizer, locate the audio clip that you want in the Clip Art task pane, and then click to add it to the slide. To play a sound from a CD running on your computer, click Play CD Audio Track, select starting and ending times and any other play options, and click OK. To record and add your own audio, click Record Sound, and in the dialog box, click the Record button to begin speaking or playing your own audio. The audio icon appears on the slide. On the slide, select the sound icon. Under Sound Tools, on the Options tab, in the Sound Options group, do one of the following:.
To start the audio clip automatically when you show the slide, in the Play Sound list, click Automatically. To manually start the audio clip when you click it on the slide, in the Play Sound list, click When Clicked. To play an audio clip as you click through the slides in your presentation, in the Play Sound list, click Play across slides.
To play an audio clip continuously until you stop it, select Loop Until Stopped. To repeat a sound until you stop it, or to play it for the duration of a presentation, you need to specify the stop options. To adjust the settings for when the sound file stops, on the Animations tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation. In the Custom Animation task pane, click the arrow to the right of the selected sound in the Custom Animation list, and then click Effect Options. On the Effect tab, under Stop playing, do one of the following:. To stop the sound file with one mouse-click on the slide, click On click.
To stop the sound file after this slide, click After current slide. To play the sound file for several slides, click After, and then set the total number of slides on which the file should play. Important: Use this option only if you set the sound to play automatically, or if you created some other kind of control, such as a trigger, to click to play the sound. (A trigger is something on your slide, such as a picture, shape, button, paragraph of text, or text box, that sets off an action when you click it.) Note that the sound icon is always visible in Normal view unless you drag it off the slide. Click the sound icon. Under Sound Tools, on the Options tab, in the Sound Options group, select the Hide During Show check box.
To add music or other audio clip to your slide show, select the slide you want and click Insert Audio. You can add audio to a single slide, play audio automatically when a slide appears, or add a song that plays as background music during your entire presentation. You can add your own narration or commentary to an entire presentation by recording it on the Slide Show tab. See for more information. Add audio to a single slide. In Normal view, select the slide you want and click Insert Audio.
Click Audio Browser to insert audio from iTunes, or Audio from File to insert an audio clip from your computer. Select the audio clip. On the Audio Format tab, select the audio options you want.
(Optional) If you want to change or modify the standard audio file icon, use the picture format buttons on the Audio Format tab to add a frame, border, or other formatting effect to the audio icon. Preview the audio. On the slide, select the audio icon, and then click Play/Pause beneath the audio icon. Play audio automatically when a slide appears By default, during a slide show, audio plays when it is clicked.
You can change it so that the audio plays automatically as soon as its slide appears. In Normal view, select the slide you want and add an audio clip if you haven't already done so.
On the Audio Format tab, on the right, click Start Automatically. Add audio that plays during your entire presentation. In Normal view, select the first slide in your presentation and add an audio clip if you haven't already done so.
On the Audio Format tab, on the right, click Play across Slides. Add audio that plays repeatedly. In Normal view, select the slide you want and add an audio clip if you haven't already done so. On the Audio Format tab, on the right, click Loop Until Stopped. (Used alone, this option means the looping sound lasts while the slide it resides on is being shown. When Loop Until Stopped is used in tandem with Play Across Slides, the looping sound continues throughout the presentation.) Hide the Audio icon.
Click the audio clip icon. On the PowerPoint ribbon, on the Playback tab, select the Hide During Show check box. Use this option only if you set the audio clip to play automatically. Note that the audio icon is always visible unless you drag it off the slide.
Music is a great way to liven up your presentations and keep your audience engaged. Unlike Microsoft PowerPoint, however, Google Sheets doesn’t include support for audio files. But with the following workarounds, you can add a soundtrack to any slide for a more dramatic deck. Add a link to an online music file The easiest way to add music to your Google Slides presentation is to link to a track from an online music service like Spotify, Soundcloud, or Grooveshark. Open a Google Slides presentation in your web browser and go the slide to which you want to add music. Select Insert Text box from the menu or click the text box button in the toolbar. Click anywhere on the slide to automatically create a text box.
Go to your favorite online music service, find the track you want to use in your presentation, and follow the service’s instructions to copy the link. Return to your slide and paste the track link into the text box you just created.
Click the arrow tool and resize the text box and move it to wherever you want it on the slide. To play your presentation, select View Present from the menu. With the presentation in view, click the link to trigger the music.
The file will open in separate browser tab and play until you close it. Integrate a music link into your slide design with a photo or some clip art. If you feel the raw text link is an eyesore on your otherwise beautiful slide deck, you can cover it with an image to better integrate it with your design. From the menu, select Insert Image. Search for a photograph or clip art.
Click on the image you want and hit Select to add it to your slide. Select the arrow tool. Resize the image and move it where you want it on the slide. With the image selected, click the “insert link” icon from the tool bar. Paste the track link in the box that appears, and click Apply. Now when you play your presentation, trigger the music by clicking this image.
Add music from a YouTube video The other way to add music to your presentation is with a YouTube video. There are two ways to do this. The first is to follow the steps above and just copy the video link and paste it in a text box. The second way is to insert the actual video on your slide.
This method is best when you want to use a shorter music clip to introduce an idea or underscore a point, because the video will stop playing when you advance the slide. You can search YouTube from within Google Slides by using the 'insert video' command. From the slide on which you want to add music, select Insert Video from the menu. Type your query in the YouTube search field that pops up.
Click the video with the music you want, and hit Select to place it on the slide. Click the arrow tool and resize the video to its smallest size, and position it where you want it on the slide. When you use a YouTube video for your music track, resize it to make it unobtrusive. When you show this slide during your presentation, click the miniaturized video to play the music.