- In Normal view (where you edit your slides), click the audio icon on the slide.
- On the Audio Tools Playback tab, in the Audio Options group, select In Click Sequence or Automatically in the Start list. …
- To test the sound, on the Slide Show tab, click From Beginning.
PowerPoint presentations are a powerful way to communicate your message to an audience. Imagine being able to add audio to your presentation. You could use music to set the tone, or have audio clips to explain a concept. By using PowerPoint’s audio features, you can make your presentation truly stand out. In this blog post, we will show you how to play audio automatically in PowerPoint. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, we’ll walk you through the steps to get your audio playing automatically and help you create a more engaging presentation experience. We’ll go over adding audio files, the auto-play feature, and the different ways to control the audio in your presentation. So, let’s get started!
Play PowerPoint Audio Automatically
Benefits of auto-play in PowerPoint
By default, PowerPoint may ask you to click on the icon in a slide to trigger the playback of audio when you insert it. You can set up auto-play features so that the audio starts when the slide show does, or it can start after a delay that can be a certain amount of time or a certain slide. By doing so, you will be able to better control the presentation’s audio without having to click an icon to make it play.
When to set audio to auto-play
The following scenarios call for you to use PowerPoint’s auto-play feature:
How to auto-play audio from the first slide
With PowerPoint, you can choose whether your audio will start playing after a certain amount of time, during a particular slide, or just during the presentation as a whole. Follow these steps to have your audio start playing as soon as your slide show begins:
1. Select your first slide
If you want audio to start playing when the presentation starts, you can do so by placing the audio on the first slide. You can use the pane on the left that shows a preview of each slide in your presentation to choose the appropriate slide. Once the border is thicker than it was before, click on the preview for your first slide. Additionally, this changes the primary view to edit the first slide.
2. Click on the audio button
You can add audio to your slideshow after selecting the first slide. Clicking the “Insert” option in the ribbon menu is the first step in this procedure. There is a button with a megaphone-like icon and the word “Audio” underneath it that can be found in the “Insert” menu. If you can insert audio, it displays two options when you click this button. The file location menu will appear when you select “Audio on my PC.”
3. Choose your audio
You can navigate to the location of your audio on your computer system using the file location menu that is displayed. You can click on your audio file to highlight it after finding it. The “Filename” box at the bottom of the menu now shows the file name and extension. To close the menu after selecting the file, click “Insert.” Now, in the center of your slide, there is an icon that resembles a megaphone with vertical lines emerging from it.
4. Position your audio icon
The icon in the middle of your screen can be clicked to open a box that lets you change the icon’s size, rotation, and even placement. You can click and drag the audio icon to move it to any desired location on the slide if you want to move it out of the way of your presentation’s main content. To ensure that the icon never appears in your presentation, drag it outside the boundaries of the slide.
5. Click on the “Playback” menu
You have a variety of options under “Playback” to customize your audio experience, including the ability to trim the audio, fade it in and out, and adjust the audio volume. To highlight the audio icon and open the “Playback” menu, click on it. Two new menus appear after you highlight it in the top ribbon menu. The second of these menu options may be “Playback,” so select it by clicking.
6. Decide on your audio level
You can control exactly how the audio behaves during your slideshow presentation by selecting the Playback” menu. There may be times when you want the audio to serve more as background noise for your presentation or to provide additional context or information for the slideshow through narration. Click on the volume icon, which resembles a megaphone and has incrementally enlarging rectangles next to it, to adjust the audio volume. There, you can choose from low, medium, high, or mute.
7. Choose when to start your audio
When the audio plays during your slideshow presentation is the next setting you can change. There is a drop-down box with the word “Start” next to it under the “Playback” menu. You can access a number of options by clicking on this drop-down box, including “In click sequence,” “When clicked on,” and “Automatically.” Make “Automatically” the default choice in the start window to make sure your audio starts as soon as the slide show presentation does.
8. Look at your other options
There are several options you can take into consideration to tailor the audio to your presentation, depending on the type of audio you’re using. There are four check boxes that affect how the audio behaves underneath the start drop-down box.
If you choose “Play across slides,” the audio can continue even after you switch to the next slide. If you choose “loop until stopped,” the audio will automatically start playing from the beginning when it has finished playing for the entire length of the file. Click on the box next to the option you want to highlight, and a check mark appears to indicate that the feature is active.
FAQ for audio in PowerPoint
You can find some answers to your inquiries about PowerPoint audio here:
How do I add a delay to the audio?
You can add a pause before the audio file begins automatically playing if your audio would benefit from not starting right away. Start by maintaining the audio icon’s highlighted state by clicking it. Next, select “Animations” from the top ribbon menu. A box with a delay label can be found on the right side of the “Animation” menu. Then, you can add a delay in the form “seconds:milliseconds” or use the up and down arrows to add or subtract a delay of one fourth of a second.
How do I hide the sound icon?
The audio appears by default as a tiny icon that you can select in your slide. You might decide to hide this icon in some circumstances so as not to interfere with the presentation and layout of your slides. To accomplish this, first click the audio icon to highlight it, then select “Playback” from the top ribbon bar. There should be a checkbox with the words “Hide during show” next to it next to the “Start” box option. Once clicked, the feature will turn on and a checkbox will appear in the box.
How do I control the sound fade?
You have the option in PowerPoint to gradually raise the audio volume from muted to the desired level. This can help you make your presentation run more smoothly and with a potentially more polished tone. Before going to the “Playback” menu on the top ribbon bar, click the icon to highlight your audio file in order to change how it fades. A box labeled “Fade duration” with boxes for “Fade in” and “Fade out” can be found in the “Playback” menu. “.
Your audio’s beginning and ending are determined by “fade in” and “fade out,” respectively Each option has a box where you can type a number and format it in “seconds:milliseconds.” You can also click the up arrow to lengthen the duration by a quarter-second or the down arrow to shorten it by the same amount.
How do I trim an audio clip?
Without the need for additional audio editing software, you can choose to trim any unwanted audio that appears at the beginning or end of your file. Click on the audio file to highlight it, then select “Playback” from the top ribbon menu to trim it. There is an audio file with the label “Trim audio” underneath an icon that resembles a measuring ruler under the “Playback” menu. ” This brings up the trim audio menu.
You can choose the beginning of your audio by clicking and dragging on the green divider when the trim audio menu is open. The same choice is provided by the red divider, but for the audio end. You can also enter exact numbers in the format “minutes:seconds:milliseconds” in the “Start time” and “End time” boxes. Click “OK” to save the changes to your audio file after choosing the start and end times for your audio.
What is the “Play in background” audio style?
“Audio styles” are a set of predefined options that can alter every aspect of the behavior of the inserted audio. There are two options in the “Audio styles” box below the playback menu. “None” and “Play in background. You can set the audio in your PowerPoint presentation to automatically loop in the background and play across all of the slides by selecting “Play in background” as an easy one-button option. Even better, once the slideshow begins, it will automatically hide the icon so that it does not appear.
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