They say music is a universal language. While we usually focus on content and visuals, we do believe that the right audio can take a PowerPoint presentation from good to great. Depending on the type and purpose of your presentation, you can add music to one or several slides, or to the entire presentation.
PowerPoint makes the entire process pretty easy. There are several ways you can add music to a PowerPoint:
Depending on what PowerPoint version you have, this is how to add music to your presentation:
PowerPoint 2007 supports the following audio formats: AIFF Audio (.aiff), AU Audio (.au), MIDI (.mid or .midi), MP3 (.mp3), Windows Audio (.wav), Windows Media Audio (.wma).
Adding music to one or all slides in PowerPoint 2007:
Other options for PowerPoint 2007 include adding a sound from Clip Organizer, from a CD, or recording a sound.
PowerPoint 2010 supports the following audio formats: AIFF Audio (.aiff), AU Audio (.au), MIDI (.mid or .midi), MP3 (.mp3), Windows Audio (.wav), Windows Media Audio (.wma).
Adding music to one or all slides in PowerPoint 2010:
Other options for PowerPoint 2010 include adding a Clip Art audio or to record an audio and then add it to the presentation.
PowerPoint 2013 supports the following audio formats: AIFF Audio (.aiff), AU Audio (.au), MIDI (.mid or .midi), MP3 (.mp3), Advanced Audio Coding – MPEG-4 (.m4a, .mp4), Windows Audio (.wav), Windows Media Audio (.wma).
Adding music to one or all slides in PowerPoint 2013:
PowerPoint 2016 supports the following audio formats: AIFF Audio (.aiff), AU Audio (.au), MIDI (.mid or .midi), MP3 (.mp3), Advanced Audio Coding – MPEG-4 Audio File (.m4a, .mp4), Windows Audio (.wav), Windows Media Audio (.wma)
Adding music to one or all slides in PowerPoint 2016:
PowerPoint Online does not have the option of adding audio or video content other than from YouTube.
To add music from YouTube to a PowerPoint Online presentation, follow these steps:
PowerPoint has the option of adding a YouTube video to a presentation. The PowerPoint versions that support adding a YouTube video are PowerPoint 2013, 2016, and PowerPoint Online. The video will play directly from YouTube, so an Internet connection is required.
Adding music from YouTube to a PowerPoint presentation:
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