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To make PowerPoint presentations more interesting, good background music is not a bad choice. Although in previous versions you may have to resort to a little trick, in general, PowerPoint allows running any WAV or MP3 file in the background. To run multiple tracks continuously, you should merge them into a single file first.
Steps
Run a single track
- See more tutorials for Office 2007 and 2003 online.
- If you want to play multiple songs during your presentation, you can arrange them by distributing them between slides. However, with the merging of music tracks into a new file, things will be much simpler and easier to control. Refer to the next section for more details.
- To use songs from iTunes, you first need to convert to MP3 format by right-clicking on the song on iTunes and selecting “Create MP3 Version”. Click here for more details.
- WAV files can be quite heavy and make sharing PowerPoint content more difficult. Consider converting to MP3 format. You can do so by importing the WAV file into iTunes or using a free online converter.
- Note: The “Online Audio” option is no longer active. Therefore, if you want to use music online, you will have to download it first. [1] X Research Source
- To have the music play automatically and continuously through the entire slide, select “Play in Background” on the Playback tab. The song will automatically play, not stopping when switching slides and repeating when the song is over. The audio button is also hidden in this case. The music will start as soon as you open the slide.
- To start playing music at the press of a button, select “No Style” from the Playback tab. The song will play when you press the audio button. You can change the appearance of this button with the Format tab: it allows you to design or select the shape to use.
- Add markers to the track. When hovering over an audio object, the track’s time slider will appear. Select a location on the track and click the “Add Bookmark” button to create a clickable bookmark at this point on the track. Thanks to that, you can jump to certain sections quickly.
- Click the “Trim Audio” button to trim unnecessary parts of the track. This button is very useful for songs that are too long or in case you only need to use part of the song. Use the sliders in the Trim Audio window to select a new starting and ending point for the track.
- Use the Fade Duration option to set the time to increase the tone to enter the song and decrease the tone to end the song. The longer the time, the more gradual the process will be.
- Use the volume buttons to adjust the main volume of the track. Don’t forget to try first and adjust the volume accordingly so that your listeners don’t startle.
- If the presentation doesn’t exceed 20MB, you can most likely attach it to an email and send it to others. If it’s older, you should consider using services like Dropbox or Google Drive to share.
Play a lot of music
- Hold and drag to select the quiet part of the track. Don’t erase intentional silences from songs: the music can become forced. You should also pause for a second or two before starting a new exercise.
- Click the “Cut” button at the top of the window to delete the selected portion.
- Click the File menu and select “Export Audio…”.
- Don’t forget to select “MP3 Files” for the “Save as type” field.
- Give the file a recognizable name and save it somewhere easy to find.
- Click Save then OK , unless you want to change the MP3 tag information.
- Wait for the file export to complete. It may take a few minutes for Audacity to combine and save your new MP3 file.
Using PowerPoint 2007 and 2003
- With Office 2003, click the Insert menu, select “Movies and Sounds”, and then select “Sound from File”.
- Because PowerPoint 2003 and 2007 can’t embed MP3 files, it’s best to create a new folder on your computer and put the presentation in the same place as the audio file.
- You can embed a WAV file, but doing so can make the presentation very heavy. Therefore, linking to the MP3 file is the more recommended practice.
- If you choose to play automatically, check the “Hide During Show” box to hide the audio file controls.
- Click the Office button, select “Publish” then “Package for CD”.
- Enter the name of the folder you want to create in the “Name the CD” box.
- Click on “Options”, make sure that “Include linked files” is selected.
- Click the “Copy to Fpder” button. A new folder containing the presentation and audio files and a launcher so that anyone can view the presentation, even if they don’t have Office, will be created.
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To make PowerPoint presentations more interesting, good background music is not a bad choice. Although in previous versions you may have to resort to a little trick, in general, PowerPoint allows running any WAV or MP3 file in the background. To run multiple tracks continuously, you should merge them into a single file first.
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