Adding Audio to your Slides

Summary

Include sound or narration in your PowerPoint presentations

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Windows 

To add audio into your presentation, navigate to the Insert tab, and go to the far right to the Audio button.  

Audio button options

You can insert an audio recording that is already saved onto your computer, or you can record new audio within PowerPoint.   

  • Audio on My PC will have you choose an audio clip saved on your computer. 
  • Record Audio will prompt you to record a new audio 

 Record sound dialog box

Once the audio is in your presentation, you can right-click for more options. Style will let you choose if you want the sound to automatically play in the background during your presentation. 

 Style options

For more info, please visit: Microsoft Support for Adding Audio to Slides 

 

Mac 

To add audio into your presentation, navigate to the Insert tab, and go to the far right to the Audio button.  

Insert Audio button

You can insert an audio recording that is already saved onto your computer, or you can record new audio within PowerPoint.   

 Audio options

 

  • Audio Browser  

 Audio browser window

  • Audio from File will have you choose an audio clip saved on your computer. 

 Audio from file dialog box

  • Record Audio will prompt you to record a new audio 

 Record audio controls

After the audio is added to your slide you can right-click on the audio icon for more audio settings. 

For more info, please visit: Microsoft Support for Adding Audio to Slides

 

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Article ID: 156653
Created
Fri 5/16/25 4:09 PM