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”

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.

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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.