Embedding wav files in powerpoint 2010

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Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. Not enough pictures. PowerPoint allows you to add sound to your presentation, which opens up many possibilities. Perhaps you want to add background music to one slide, a sound effect to another, and some narration or commentary to a few slides. You can either add an audio file from your computer or browse PowerPoint's collection of clip art audio.

You can then edit the sounds within PowerPoint so they are tailored to your presentation. In this lesson, you will learn how to insert sounds into a presentation and edit them. Have you ever watched a PowerPoint presentation that seemed to narrate itself? Or have you seen a slide show that featured applause when the last slide was reached?

If so, you've heard examples of how audio can be applied to slide shows. PowerPoint allows you to insert audio files from your computer, or you can search the Clip Art Studio to find the audio you need.

Once you've inserted audio, you can then edit it. Optional: You can download this example for extra practice. Sometimes you may want to record audio directly into a presentation, like if you want the presentation to include narration. Before you begin, make sure you have a microphone that's compatible with your computer; many computers have built-in microphones or ones that can be plugged in to the computer.

Just like with videos, you can modify your audio files using the various features of the Playback tab. For example, if you add a song to a slide, you can trim it so it will only play one section of the song, and you can add a fade in and fade out to smooth out the beginning and end. Add audio to your slides in PowerPoint for Windows. You can choose from several audio file formats, and the process is easy.

Presentation Management Interactive Presentations. This means that you no longer have to worry about linked files getting misplaced or lost like you had to in previous versions of PowerPoint. Even then, it is a good practice to keep your sound files in the same folder in which you save your PowerPoint presentation, even before you insert them.

Also, do explore our PowerPoint Friendly Audio Formats page to understand which common and exotic audio file types you can insert in your PowerPoint slides.