Besides Microsoft PowerPoint for windows, more and more users are using it on Mac. In PowerPoint for Mac 2011, how can we insert music freely? Audio Formats Supported PowerPoint for Mac supports more audio file types than PowerPoint 2010 for Windows, which are.aiff,.mid or.midi,.wav,.au,.mp3 and.wma. More details about file types supported by PowerPoint for Mac 2011. Microsoft PowerPoint allows you to create presentations with text, images videos and sound clips. When you download music for your PowerPoint presentation, you save it to the directory where the presentation is saved on your hard drive.
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To play a song across slides. On the Insert tab, select Audio, and then Audio on My PC. In the file explorer, locate the music file you want to use and then select Insert.
With the audio icon selected on the slide, on the Playback tab, select Play in Background. Play in Background makes the audio file start automatically during a slide show and also makes the audio play across multiple slides. Play multiple songs across multiple slides If your slide show is longer than one song, you can add more songs.
However, if you find that you're having trouble synchronizing the music with the slide show, you can use a third-party audio editing tool, such as, to string the songs together into one file so they play continuously throughout the slide show. Other related Help articles include:. To play a song across slides in PowerPoint 2010. On the Insert tab, select Audio, and then Audio from File.
In the file explorer, locate the music file you want to use and then select Insert. With the audio icon selected on the slide, on the Playback tab, click the list named Start, and select Play across slides. ( Play across slides also makes the audio file start automatically during a slide show.) Play multiple songs across multiple slides If your slide show is longer than one song, you can add more songs. However, if you find that you're having trouble synchronizing the music with the slide show, you can use a third-party audio editing tool, such as, to string the songs together into one file so they play continuously throughout the slide show.
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How to Add Background Music to a PowerPoint Presentation When playing slide shows, you might prefer your presentation to be more dynamic. Kingsoft Presentation allows you to add sound effects and background music to your presentation during the showing. The playing modes can be set so that the media plays automatically or when clicked. This article will introduce how to insert sound effects and background music in your ppt slides show with a PowerPoint Presentation program.
It can support various audio formats, including MP3, WAV, WMA, MIDI file, SND, AU and more. Add the Background Music or Sound in Presentation Step 1. Select a slide. Click on the Insert tab and then the Background Music icon Step 2. The Insert Background Music dialog box (Figure A) will pop out. You can select the music file you want to insert and then click the Open button.
Figure A Step 3. If the slide you have currently selected is not your first slide, a prompt (Figure B) will appear indicating that the slides preceding the selected slide are without background music. It gives you the option to add background music to the preceding slides. Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2013 has three products: Writer, Spreadsheets and Presentation. All three support the conversion of your file to PDF. Figure B Step 4.
Save your choice and an audio icon will appear on the corresponding slide. You can add the background music to the first side or to all preceding slides. Whichever you select, background music will be applied to it. Preview and Edit the Background Music After you add the background music, you can preview the sound. Just right-click the music icon and select Play Sound on the shortcut menu to preview background music.
Double-clicking the icon to preview the background music works as well (Figure C). Figure C To edit the background music, you can right-click the music icon and select Edit Sound Object on the shortcut menu. Then click the Sound volume button and slide the bar to adjust the volume of the background music. See below sketch map (Figure D): Figure D The above steps can help you insert and edit background music in your slide show to make a wonderful presentation with Kingsoft Presentation 2013. For adding sound effects in a slide show, you can also follow the steps mentioned above. The only difference is that you need to choose between starting the sound automatically and starting them manually.