Add some flair with music or sound effects, or record your own voice. We’ll show you how to add audio to PowerPoint for enhancing your next slideshow.
Slideshows are about more than just what you see. By adding audio like music, voiceover, or sound effects, you can use Microsoft PowerPoint to enhance your presentation or make it more useful to your audience.
You might include background music that evokes emotion, record your own voice to explain the slides, or add sound effects for that extra bit of flair. We’ll show you how to add audio to PowerPoint so that you can improve your next presentation.How to add audio from your computer
While there are several ways to add music to a PowerPoint, you can insert a saved audio file in your slideshow on both Windows and Mac. This can be a song, voice, or sound effect.
PowerPoint supports these audio file formats: AIFF, AU, MID, MIDI, MP3, MP4, M4A, WAV, and WMA. Note that versions older than PowerPoint 2013 may not support all listed file types. Visit Microsoft Support for additional details.
Step 1: Open your presentation and head to the slide where you want to insert the audio clip. If you’d like the audio to start immediately and play continuously through the slideshow, select the first slide.
Step 2: Go to the Insert tab and the Media section of the ribbon on the right.
Step 3: Click Audio to view your options.
On Windows, choose Audio on My PC.
On Mac, pick either Audio Browser or Audio from File.
Step 4: Browse for the audio file, select it, and click Insert.
If you use the Audio Browser on Mac, drag the audio file onto the slide instead.
