Goodwill Community Foundation creating
opportunities for a better life I'm
working on a presentation that people
are going to be watching on their own as
part of a training program I want it to
be as interesting as possible so I think
I'm going to add some audio to spice it
up a little start by going to the insert
tab where you'll find the audio command
on the far right of the ribbon here you
can insert audio from a file or you can
record your own for this first slide I
want to add some intro music that I
already have saved to my computer so I'm
going to choose audio on my PC and a
dialog box will appear PowerPoint is
compatible with several different audio
formats including mp3 wav and more all
you have to do is select the file you
want then click the insert button you
can easily move the audio if you need to
then click the play button to preview it
to jump to a different part of the song
just click anywhere on the timeline
next we're going to take a look at ways
to add narration by recording your own
audio you just need a microphone one
that's either built into your computer
or the kind that plugs in separately
again go to the audio command on the
insert tab but this time choose record
audio from the menu and a little
dialogue box will appear when you're
ready click the button with the red dot
to start recording then click this one
to stop I'm just going to record a short
intro for the slide but I already know
how to use the Internet okay so I've
recorded my audio now we can click the
play button to preview it but I already
know how to use the Internet when you're
happy with the results you can give the
file a name then click OK and it'll be
added to your slide now that we've added
a cup
different types of audio I thought we'd
take a look at some of the options on
the playback tab this is where you can
change the way your audio works when you
play it during your presentation you can
even do some simple editing say you only
want to use part of the clip for example
not the entire thing you can easily
create an excerpt using the trim audio
command just look for the little green
and red markers in the dialogue box you
can click and drag these to change the
start and end times I'm going to leave
the beginning the way it is in this
example but end the song after only a
few seconds or so when you're done click
OK and the clip will be trimmed you can
also set your audio to fade in and fade
out if you feel it starts or stops too
abruptly just look to the options in the
editing group I like the way this song
starts so I'm not going to add a fade in
but I will add a fade out of let's say 3
seconds we'll take a look at what this
sounds like later if you want to be able
to jump to a specific part of the audio
during your presentation you can add a
bookmark all you have to do is click the
timeline to mark the point you want to
use next click the add bookmark command
up here on the ribbon and a little
circle will appear now you can easily
jump to the spot anytime during your
presentation when we play this in
slideshow view we will have to click the
audio controls to make the music play
I'd rather have it start automatically
though since it is the intro music we
can change this using the settings in
the audio options group just click the
drop down arrow next to start then
choose automatically from the menu you
can also hide the audio icon during your
presentation set the audio to loop until
you stop it manually and more finally I
think I'd like to make some changes to
the appearance of the audio icon we can
do that by switching over to the format
tab
these are basically all the same options
you get when you insert a picture in
PowerPoint in fact you can even change
the audio icon to a picture of your own
instead of using the default speaker
icon to get started click the change
picture command you can choose an image
from any of the usual sources including
files saved to your computer and a Bing
image search I bet we can find a simple
music note somewhere online there we go
this one looks good you can even adjust
the image using the usual commands in
this example I'm going to change the
color so it blends in a little better
with the slide so I think my audio is
finished why don't we take a look at the
final product in full slideshow view now
you know how to add and also edit audio
in PowerPoint including music sound
effects and even your own narration
you