If you have added some audio to a PowerPoint presentation then you might want to have it fade in and/or out. It is easy to do and in this video Gary Schwartz. Is it possible to fade a looping audio track using a trigger. This is the situation. I a 1 minute audio loop playing on a slide. I expect it will take the learner anywhere from 35-45 seconds to complete the task on the slide. Is it possible to have a trigger start a fade of the.
© 10000 hours/Getty Images Add music to your PowerPoint presentation to keep your audience engaged. 10000 hours/Getty Images- I've inserted some audio clips into a PPT in PowerPoint and applied a Fade In and Fade Out of 00.05 secs, but it doesn't seem to be recognising it on any of the clips. I did the same on a similar PPT last week and all worked fine, not doing anything different, so I'm a bit stuck on what to check!
- Applies to: Microsoft ® PowerPoint ® 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows) You can fade a picture in and out on a PowerPoint slide during a slide show using animations. Both fade entrance and exit animation effects will need to be applied to the picture and the animations can be set to start automatically or on click.
- You can easily add music to a PowerPoint slideshow if you want to make your next presentation more engaging.
- You can add any MP3, MP4, WAV, or AAC file on your computer to your PowerPoint presentation, and adjust the settings so that it plays across slides if you want to.
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It's true that MicrosoftPowerPoint is a business program made for creating official-looking presentations for school or office settings — but that doesn't mean you can't use it to make your presentations fun, too.
One way to spice up a presentation is to add music — in a business setting, it'll be unexpected, and the fun surprise may just make your colleagues sit up straighter, pay attention, and maybe even enjoy the meeting.
This feature can also give a little extra umph to a school presentation — for example, a presentation on America in the '60s could be enhanced by the addition of some Motown music in the background.
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How to add music to a PowerPoint presentation
1. At the top of the PowerPoint screen, on the toolbar, click the 'Insert' tab.
2. Under 'Insert, on the right side of the screen, click 'Audio.'
Audio. Melanie Weir/Business Insider' height='169' src='//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB16AfKI.img?h=169&w=300&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f' width='300' />© Melanie Weir/Business Insider At the top of the screen, click Insert > Audio. Melanie Weir/Business Insider3. If you're using a PC, click the option for 'Audio on My PC.' If you're using a Mac, click the option for 'Audio from File' or 'Audio Browser.'
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Note: You can also record your own sound if you select 'Record Audio.'
© Melanie Weir/Business Insider On a PC, click 'Audio on My PC…' Melanie Weir/Business Insider4. Locate the file you'd like to use, then click 'Insert' in the dialog box. You can use MP3, MP4, WAV, or AAC files.
© Melanie Weir/Business Insider Find the file you want to use, then click 'Insert.' Melanie Weir/Business Insider5. The file will appear on your PowerPoint as a little playback bar. You can use this to control the song. Move it to a part of your slide where it won't be in the way.
© Melanie Weir/Business insider Move the playback bar to an appropriate spot in your presentation. Melanie Weir/Business insider6. If you want the sound to play throughout the presentation, rather than just on the slide that the audio file is located on, click on the file to bring up the 'Playback' tab on the toolbar at the top of your screen, and click on it.
© Melanie Weir/Business Insider Click on the 'Playback' tab to make the playback menu appear. Melanie Weir/Business Insider7. Directly underneath the 'Playback' tab, click the option for 'Play in Background' to play the sound throughout.
Adjust any other options you want in this tab, like volume, fade in and out, and looping. When you're finished, return to the home tab to continue working on your presentation, or click save to finish.
© Melanie Weir/Business Insider Click 'Play in Background,' then adjust any other settings you'd like. Melanie Weir/Business InsiderRelated coverage from Tech Reference:
Fade Bullets In and Out
If you have not read our tutorial on making the first bullet appear automatically we recomend mastering that technique first.
Requires Powerpoint XP or later.
In this tutorial we are looking at a slide with bulleted text points. Each point needs to fade in and then fade out as the next point fades in.
Start by applying any entrance animation of fade to the text by selecting the text placeholder (not the text itself) and Custom animation > Add Effect > Entrance > Fade. All of these should be o'On Click' Use the little double drop down arrow to check this. (diagram 1)
Now apply a 'with previous' entrance fade animation to each image and then a 'with previous' exit fade animation to each image.
The custom animation pane should look like diagram 1. (You will have different names in the pane)
Now select the textframe again and this time choose Exit > Fade. Expand with its drop down arrow and make all of these animations 'With Previous'
Powerpoint Fade Picture In Background
Now drag each of these animation entries to re-order so that the pane looks like diagram 2. You will probably want to remove the last exit as we have.