Inserting Music Into Power Point 2007
- 1. To insert music into your PowerPoint 2007 slides Get the slideshow ready to go • Go to “Slide Show” - “Set up Show” • Under “Show Slides” – choose the number of slides you need your sound to last for • Under “Advance Slides” – Choose “Using Timer, if present” © 2009 iClipart.com Insert the song • Go to the tab at the top of PowerPoint that reads Insert • Go over to the right to - Sound, Sound From File. • Then select your music from your folder. • Find your song and put it on the slide. • A box will automatically pop up and ask you if you want the song to play automatically or on click. • Choose Automatically. Tell PowerPoint that you want the slideshow to run by itself – not by clicking the mouse • Go to “Animations” tab, • All the way on the right it says “Advance Slide”, • Uncheck both options. Tell PowerPoint how many slides the song needs to play for: • Go to the tab that says “Animations”, • Then click “Custom Animation.” • Your song will be on the box on the right. • Once you click on your song you will see an arrow; click on it and go down to “Effect Options”. • Find the section that says Stop Playing. There will be a check by On Click. • Uncheck it and click “After” • Then, type in the number of slides your music needs to last for.
- 2. Set up your PowerPoint with the correct number of seconds for each slide • Go to the “Slide Show” tab, • Check the box that says “Use Rehearsed Timings.” • Then click on “Rehearse Timings,” to set up how long you want each slide to appear. • As your sound plays, click through the slides according to your choice for each slide.