How to Add a Song in PowerPoint

Adding a song can breathe new life into your PowerPoint presentation. With Microsoft PowerPoint, you have the ability to add audio clips to play automatically throughout the presentation or cue it to play for a single slide. PowerPoint 2007 and 2010 have slightly altered the process of adding media to a presentation due to the new menu layout.

Instructions

1. Click the slide where you want to insert your song in the Slide Pane.

2. Click the "Insert" option in the menu.

3. Look in the Media section of the ribbon menu. Click the Audio icon on the far right of the menu.

4. Click "Audio From File," then browse to the folder and file you want and double-click to insert the file. The smaller the file size, the quicker the presentation will load and the less likely the presentation will slow down. Use MP3s or small WAV files.

5. Look for the audio icon on your slide. Select it. Click the "Playback" option in the top menu and choose the appropriate option from "Audio Tools." To have the song start on command, choose "Start" and "On Click." The song will start or stop when you click the audio icon. To cue the song to start from the relevant slide and play only for it, click the "Start" list, then "Automatically." Click "Start" and "Play Across Slides" to play the song throughout the presentation.

References

• Microsoft Support: PowerPoint 2010 - Add or Play Sounds in Presentation; 2011