Adding Sounds, Music or Narration to PowerPoint 2003 Slide Shows

Use the Insert Menu to Make Your Sound Selection in PowerPoint

Options for inserting sounds in PowerPoint

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Sound Options

Sounds of all sorts can be added to PowerPoint presentations. You may wish to play a track from a CD or insert a sound file into your presentation. Sound files can be chosen from the Microsoft Clip Organizer within the program, or a file that resides on your computer. Recording a sound or a narration to help illustrate the features on your slides, is also one of the options.

Steps

1. Choose Insert > Movies and Sounds from the menu.
2. Select the type of sound you wish to add to the presentation.

• Use the Insert Menu to Make Your Sound Selection in PowerPoint
• Choose a Sound From the Clip Organizer
• Insert Sound Dialog Box in PowerPoint
• Insert Sound from a File into Your Slide
• Play a CD AudioTrack During the Slide Show
• Play Only a Portion of a CD Audio Track
• Recording Sounds or Narrations
• Setting Sound Timings in the Slide Show
• Set Delay Timings on the Sounds
• Play Music or Sound Over Several PowerPoint Slides