You can choose to play the music on a single slide or in the background for the entirety of the presentation. The requirement for adding audio to your presentation is t it the file needs to be on your computer. You can not embed an audio file from the web. That said, we will go through downloading music for your presentation down below. In this article, we will take you through the process of adding any type of audio to your PowerPoint. In addition, you will also learn how to add a video to your presentation without having to display a video during the slide show. So, without further ado, let us get right into it.
1. Add Music from your Computer
The easiest way of adding music to your presentation is by uploading it from your computer. This means you will need to have the audio file on your drive, ready for upload. Once you have an audio file, the rest of the procedure is relatively easy. If you like a song/music but do not have it on your computer, there are several ways of downloading it to your computer. There are multiple websites on the internet that allow you to download an audio file to your computer. A simple Google search will help you in such a case. In addition, there are various websites that provide royalty-free songs. Chosic, and SoundCloud are some of the examples of such websites. Once you have the audio file on your computer, follow the instructions down below to do this:
1.1 Editing an Audio File in Microsoft PowerPoint
After adding an audio file to your PowerPoint presentation, you may want to edit it or make slight changes. Microsoft PowerPoint gives you a handful of features you can use to make the audio file fit your needs. When you click on the audio icon after adding an audio file, two new tabs appear in the menu bar, Audio Format and Playback. Audio Format can be used to edit the audio icon in case of an MP3 file on the slide. You can also use it in case of a video file. In addition, Playback allows you to edit the audio file itself. You can choose to trim the audio, and apply some effects like fade in, fade out and more. To do this, follow the instructions down below:
2. Record Audio for the Presentation
If you do not want to add an existing file but rather record something yourself, you can do so using PowerPoint. While browsing the audio options, you will see the Record Audio option that lets you record a message from your microphone. Follow the instructions down below to record audio in PowerPoint:
3. Play Music in the background in PowerPoint
After you add a song or music file to your presentation, you can choose to play it on a single side or in the background throughout the slide show. In case you want to do the latter, PowerPoint gives you the functionality of doing so. Follow the instructions down below to play music in the background of a PowerPoint presentation:
4. Use Video as Audio in PowerPoint
If you want to use the audio of a video in your PowerPoint presentation but do not want to show the video, do not worry, as we will show you how to do just that in this method. Follow the instructions down below for this purpose:
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