Instructions on how to add an .mp3 file into PowerPoint 2007.

1. 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”
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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.

2. 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.