Add music or sound effects to a slide

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

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  • Display the slide to which you want to add music or sound effects.
  • On the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then do one of the following:

    ShowInsert a sound file

    • Click Sound from File, locate the folder that contains the file, and then double-click the file you want.

    ShowInsert a sound clip from Clip Organizer

    • Click Sound from Clip Organizer, scroll to find the clip you want, and click it to add it to the slide.

    Note  To do a search for clips in Clip Organizer, fill in the Search for: box and click Go. To get more information about finding the clip you want, click Tips for finding clips at the bottom of the task pane; it gives details on finding files using wildcards and adding your own clips to the Clip Organizer.

  • When a message is displayed, do one of the following:
    • To play the music or sound automatically when you go to the slide, click Automatically.
    • To play the music or sound only when you click the sound icon Icon image, click When Clicked.
  • To adjust settings for when the sound file stops: click the sound icon Icon image, right-click, and on the shortcut menu, click Custom Animation.
  • In the Custom Animation task pane, click the arrow on the selected item in the Custom Animation list, and then click Effect Options.
  • On the Effect tab, under Stop playing, do one of the following:
    • To stop the sound file on mouse-click of the slide, select On click (the default).
    • To stop the sound file after this slide, click After current slide.
    • To keep the sound file playing for several slides, click After, and then set the total number of slides the file should play on.

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    • If the length of the sound file isn't long enough for continuous play on a slide, click the sound icon Icon image, right-click, click Edit Sound Object, and in the Sound Options dialog box, select the Loop until stopped check box to repeat the sound continuously.

    • You can also add music to a presentation by playing a CD, but in that case music files are not added to the slide. To create settings for the CD, on the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and click Play CD Audio Track.

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