This video guides you through the process of adding an audio track (music) to your PowerPoint created in version 2007. Let us know if the video is helpful to you.
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I like how this demonstration included pictures and a narrated voice to show the steps of including music in a PowerPoint. When I went to enlarge the presentation to full screen the pictures however were blurry. I could envision becoming a bit frustrated with not being able to read the tabs that I need. I guess the solution would be to just watch the video in it's small form. I do have a question. When you click on loop does that mean that the CD just repeats itself throughout the PowerPoint presentation?
A plus to this video is that oral directions are given slowly. The voice is slow and for a beginner, this is helpful especially if you are trying to input music in a PowerPoint as you listen to the directions. I am an auditory learner, so I found this helpful.
I agree with Kate about how things got blurry when I tried to enlarge the screen so I could follow along with my PowerPoint that I was trying to add music to (which made it a little hard to follow along -visually need to see to be able to follow along). Further, my options did not match those given in this tutorial (e.g., no hide icon option). In fact, while I could add music to my first slide, it stopped playing when I clicked to the second slide. I cannot find the option that tells me to play it across all slides (as indicated in the tutorial). I will have to figure it out on my own later. Oh well, that's the problem with having a MAC.
Lori, I suggest going to YouTube and searching for a video tutorial on adding the audio track using a Mac. You are likely to find one there. Kate, I do have in Course Documents in Blackboard a demo of adding a audio track, and you can also check for additional demos and tutorials on YouTube. Don't hesitate to use the online Help in Microsoft PowerPoint as well.
This video was helpful to me since I don't use power point a lot. I'm used to completing boring presentations on the bullet list. I like how the video's speaker was slow and clear. I want to put some background music onto my power point game in order to make it more interesting. When the time comes to input the music, I'll need to watch this again and follow along step by step.
I stumbled upon this post and thought it would be perfect since I see that our class will be doing a PowerPoint project. I just recently made a leap from PowerPoint 2003 to 2010, and haven't yet used it (I'm having enough trouble as it is learning to re-navigate Word and Excel). However, I do recall spending countless hours in the previous version of PowerPoint trying to input audio in a seamless manner. It seems, based on this "screen cast," that the 2007 version allows one to add audio input intuitively.
Several of the previous bloggers mentioned that they had trouble when trying to apply the instructions provided in the "screen cast." I did wonder, as Kate mentioned, whether the CD loops throughout the PowerPoint, or whether just one song plays--or if this can be an option. Also, does the CD have to be in the drive--or does the computer copy the music to a file for PowerPoint? Does it work the same way with music already ripped to Windows Media Player? So many questions...
When I took a quick look at the 2010 version, I found that I was able to use music from my files in Windows Media Player. I used the "Insert" tab to insert audio. I did find that while the options mentioned for the 2007 version were applicable to the 2010 version, they were a bit more difficult to find. I had to click on the "audio" icon that I had inserted into my slide and then select the "Playback" tab for the options. It did take me a little while to find this.
I do have to say that the guided instruction was helpful. It reminds me of the Record feature in SMART's Notebook 10 software. Using that feature, I could record my actions on the screen and then play it back.
Overall, this seems like a great beginner tutorial for the audio feature in PowerPoint 2007. And, for those with 2010, the same options are available, they just aren't necessarily found in the same places.
This was another easy application that I can use daily as I place my objectives and agendas on a slide from Power Point Presentation. It was quick and easy to learn and I will make sure I use this new knowledge very shortly.
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