Add Music, songs, or sound effects to a slide show
You can add music, songs, or sound effects that play:
Automatically when you display a particular slide.
When you click the sound icon on a particular slide.
Over one or multiple slides.
For more background information before you work with music, songs, or sound, see About music and sounds.
Add, music, songs, or sound effects
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:
Insert a sound file
Click Sound from File, locate the folder that contains the file that you want, and then double-click the file.
Insert a sound clip from Clip Organizer
Click Sound from Clip Organizer, scroll to find the clip that you want, and then click it to add it to the slide.
NoteTo search for clips in the Clip Organizer, fill in the Search for box, and then click Go. To get more information about finding the clip that you want, including details about finding files by using wildcard characters and about adding your own clips to the Clip Organizer, click Tips for finding clips at the bottom of the task pane.
Double-click the sound file that you want to insert.
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 , click When Clicked.
To adjust the settings for when the sound file stops, click the sound icon , right-click, and then 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 this slide, select On click (the default).
To stop the sound file after this slide, select After current slide.
To keep the sound file playing for several slides, select After, and then set the total number of slides the file should play on.
Tips
If the length of the sound file isn't long enough for continuous play on a slide, click the sound icon , right-click, click Edit Sound Object, and then, 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. Music that is played from a CD is not added to the slide. To create settings for the CD, on the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then click Play CD Audio Track.
To make the sound icon invisible in a slide show, select the Hide sound icon during slide show check box in the Edit Sound Object dialog box. Use this option only if you set the sound to play automatically, or if you create some other kind of control, such as an action button, to click to play the sound. Note that the sound icon is always visible in normal view.
If the path name of a linked file exceeds 128 characters, Microsoft Office PowerPoint is not able to find and play that linked file. In such a case, you can either rename the linked file, or shorten the path name by copying the linked file into the folder where your presentation is located. Then either update links automatically by using the Package for CD feature, or update them manually by removing the sounds from the presentation and then adding them again.
Add transitions between slides
Do one of the following:
Add the same transition to all slides in a slide show presentation
On the Slide Show menu, click Slide Transition.
In the list, click the transition(transition: One of a set of transitional display effects that are available in some Microsoft Office applications. Transitions specify how the display changes (such as fading to black) as a user moves from one item (such as slide or Web page) to another.) effect you want.
Click Apply to All Slides.
Add different transitions between slides
Repeat the following process for each slide you want to add a different transition(transition: One of a set of transitional display effects that are available in some Microsoft Office applications. Transitions specify how the display changes (such as fading to black) as a user moves from one item (such as slide or Web page) to another.) to.
On the Slides tab in normal view(view: A way of displaying the contents of a presentation and providing the user with the means to interact with it.), select the slides you want to add a transition to.
On the Slide Show menu, click Slide Transition. In the list, click the transition effect you want.
Animate text and objects
Open the presentation you want to add animation(animate: To add a special visual or sound effect to text or an object. For example, you can have your text bullet points fly in from the left, one word at a time, or hear the sound of applause when a picture is uncovered.) to and do one or both of the following:
Apply a preset animation scheme
If you only want to apply the animation scheme(animation scheme: Adds preset visual effects to text on slides. Ranging from subtle to exciting, each scheme usually includes an effect for the slide title and an effect that is applied to bullets or paragraphs on a slide.) to a few slides, click the Slides tab, and select the slides you want.
On the Slide Show menu, click Animation Schemes.
In the Slide Design task pane(task pane: A window within an Office application that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.), under Apply to selected slides, click an animation scheme in the list.
If you want to apply the scheme to all slides, click the Apply to All Slides button.
Apply a custom animation
In normal view, display the slide that has the text or objects you want to animate.
Select the object you want to animate.
On the Slide Show menu, click Custom Animation.
In the Custom Animation task pane(task pane: A window within an Office application that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.), click , and do one or more of the following:
If you want to make the text or object enter the slide show presentation with an effect, point to Entrance and then click an effect.
If you want to add an effect to text or an object that is on the slide, point to Emphasis and then click an effect.
If you want to add an effect to text or an object that makes it leave the slide at some point, point to Exit and then click an effect.
If you want to add an effect that makes an object move in a specified pattern, point to Motion Paths and then click an effect.
NoteThe effects appear in the Custom Animation list(Custom Animation list: The list of animation sequences for a slide. Items are listed in the order in which they are added, and include icons that indicate timing in relation to other animation events.), top to bottom, in the order you apply them. The animated items are noted on the slide by a non-printing numbered tag that correlates to the effects in the list. This tag does not show up in the slide show view.
Tip
If you preview animations for a slide using the Play button on the Custom Animation task pane(task pane: A window within an Office application that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.), you do not need to click to trigger any animation sequences. To preview how triggered(animation trigger: An animation option that can be set so that the animation plays when a specified item is clicked.) animations work, click the Slide Show button instead.