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Tutorials - PowerPoint Presentations: Getting Fancy
Add Sound
You can insert a sound clip on a slide where you want it to play during a slide show. You can choose either to have the sound start automatically when you move to the slide, have it start only when you click its icon during a slide show, or have it play automatically in an animation sequence.
Insert Music or Sound on a Slide
 
  1. Display the slide you want to add music or sound to.

  2. On the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds.

  3. Do one of the following:
    To insert a sound from the Clip Gallery, click Sound from Gallery, and then locate and insert the sound you want.

  4. To insert a sound from another location, click Sound from File, locate the folder that contains the sound, and then double-click the sound you want.

  5. A sound icon appears on the slide.

  6. A message is displayed. If you want the sound to play automatically when you go to the slide, click Yes; if you want the sound to play only when you click the sound icon during a slide show, click No.

  7. To preview the sound in normal view, double-click the sound icon.




 

Set options for a sound or video to play during a slide show
 
  1. Select the sound icon you want to set options for.

  2. On the Slide Show menu, click Custom Animation, and then click the Multimedia Settings tab.

  3. Select the options you want, or click More Options.
    For Help on an option, click the question mark and then click the option.

Tip You can also animate a sound icon— for example, you can have the sound icon "fly in" from the left side of the slide and then begin to play during an animation sequence.

 

Animate a Sound Icon

 
  1. In normal view, display the slide that has the text or objects you want to animate and add sound to.

  2. On the Slide Show menu, click Custom Animation, and then click the Effects tab.

  3. Under Check to animate slide objects, select the check box next to the text or object you want to animate.

  4. Under Entry animation and sound , select the options you want.
    *note - This is where you select a sound for the animation.

  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for every object you want to animate and add sound to.

  6. To preview animation and sound, click Preview.

 

 
 

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