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Adding Music to a Single Slide
 

Step one:

All or part of a music track from a CD can be played when a slide appears on the screen or when you click the mouse.

The tricky part is the first step of converting a CD track to a file type that PowerPoint will recognize.  The recommended file type for a music file to be used in PowerPoint is ".wav"

To create a .wav file from a CD track may require special software depending on the format of the original music CD.  At Colgate, both CEL and Media Services have a program called "Cleaner" which can convert the CD's track to a .wav file.  Make an appointment with either group to assist you with this step.

 

Step two:

Once you have the .wav music file on your computer, the rest of the process is fairly straight forward.

Open your PowerPoint presentation and go to the slide in which you want to attach the music track.
 

Step three:

From the Insert menu, select Movies and Sounds>Sound from File...


 

A window will appear allowing you to browse to the .wav music file that you want to associate with the slide.

 

Step four:

 You will be asked whether you want the sound to play automatically when the slide opens up, or if you would like start the music with a click of the mouse.

 

Step five:

 An icon of a speaker will appear in the middle of your slide.  Move the icon to the desired location on the slide.


 

Step six:

 That's it!  Depending on your answer to the question in step four, the music will either play automatically or when you click on the speaker icon.

To stop the music, click the mouse.  You must click the mouse again to advance to the next slide.

   
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