How to Download Music to a Powerpoint Presentation
The PowerPoint application for Windows includes useful functions and add-ins to incorporate multimedia to play seamlessly within the slide presentation. Music can be downloaded to a presentation by embedding the audio file as an object on a specific slide. PowerPoint versions 2003 and 2007 support playing MP3 songs using the built-in object tools and utilities. Users can select whether the song will play automatically when the slide is displayed or begin playing when the mouse button is clicked. Embedded music files can be saved as part of the presentation file.
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Instructions
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Launch the PowerPoint application and open the desired presentation by selecting "Open" under "File" in the top menu bar, selecting the presentation file and clicking the "Open" button. Note: PowerPoint 2007 users can access this function through the Office ribbon.
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Navigate to the desired slide.
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Select "Object" under "Insert" in the top menu bar. Note: PowerPoint 2007 users can access this function from the "Insert" tab in the main toolbar.
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Select the option "Create from file" and click the "Browse" button.
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Select the desired MP3 music file and click the "OK" button.
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Click the box next to "Display as icon" to check the option, if desired.
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Click the "OK" button.
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Right-click the object icon on the slide (the default placement is on the center of the slide) and select "Custom Animation."
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Click the "Add Effect" button on the right-hand frame and select "Object Actions" and then select the "Activate Contents" option to add the object to the Custom Animation list.
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Select the object on the list (usually named "Object X" where "X" is a number) and select its play setting as "On Click," "With Previous" or "After Previous."
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Save the presentation file by selecting "Save" under "File" in the top menu bar. Note: PowerPoint 2007 users can access this function through the Office ribbon.
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Rehearse the presentation by pressing the "F5" key.
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Tips & Warnings
Organize the order of the animated objects so that the music file plays at the start of the slide by selecting the object file and clicking the "Up" arrow button in the Custom Animation frame to place it as a starting action.
To stream music across multiple slides or through the duration of the slide show, insert the audio files as a linked sound file by selecting "Sound from File" under the "Insert" function and "Movies and Sounds" category (top menu bar or 2007 main toolbar). This file will not be embedded (downloaded) as part of the PowerPoint presentation.
Music files in MP3 format and less than 50 MB in size can be embedded as objects in the slide. According to Microsoft, files greater than 50 MB in size will slow down the application, and therefore the slide show. Microsoft recommends that objects (especially media files) greater than 50 MB in size are embedded as linked objects to maintain optimal playback of the presentation.
Embedded audio or media files will only play on the specific slide. Embedded music objects will not stream across several slides.
