On the play bar, click the Play/Pause button to hear the sound. The handles around the sound object indicate that you can resize it, just like any other object. The Preview/Properties dialog box for the sound clip you selected opens. The task pane now displays thumbnails of bird calls.Ĭlick any thumbnail, click the arrow that appears, and then click Preview/Properties. In the Search for box, type birds, and then click Go.
The Clip Art task pane opens, displaying thumbnails of common sound clips. On the Insert tab, in the Media group, click the Audio arrow, and then click Clip Art Audio. (If you do not have a sound card and speakers, you can still follow the steps, but you won’t be able to hear the sound.) With HealthyEcosystemsA displayed on your screen, follow the steps. Be sure to turn on your computer’s speakers for this exercise. Then open the HealthyEcosystemsA_start presentation, and save it as HealthyEcosystemsA. Open the AGKCottage_start presentation, and save it as AGKCottage.
You need the HealthyEcosystemsA_start and AGKCottage_start presentations, the Bird picture, and the Amanda audio file located in your Chapter11 practice file folder. Then you’ll insert an audio file into another slide and make the file play continuously throughout a presentation. In this exercise, you’ll insert a sound clip into a slide, adjust the position of the sound object, change its picture, and make various other adjustments to its settings. In Normal view, you can test the sound associated with a slide by clicking its icon and then either clicking the Play/Pause button on its play bar or clicking the Play button in the Preview group on the Playback contextual tab. To play a sound, you must have a sound card and speakers installed. Select the Rewind After Playing check box to ensure that the sound starts from the beginning each time it is played. Select the Loop Until Stopped check box to have the sound play continuously until you stop it. Select the Hide During Show check box to make the sound object invisible while the presentation is displayed in Reading view or Slide Show view. Specify Fade In and Fade Out settings to have the sound gradually increase and decrease in volume.Ĭlick the Volume button to adjust the volume to Low, Medium, or High, or to mute the sound. You can modify the sound itself on the Playback tab, as follows:Ĭlick the Trim Audio button in the Editing group to edit the sound so that only part of it plays. Use commands on the Format tab to change its appearance, in much the same way that you would format a picture.Ĭlick the Change Picture button to replace the default icon with a picture. You can change the icon as follows:ĭrag the object to locate it anywhere on the slide.ĭrag its sizing handles to make it larger or smaller. When the sound object is selected, a play bar appears below its icon with controls for playing the sound, and PowerPoint adds Format and Playback contextual tabs to the ribbon. Clicking Find More At at the bottom of the task pane takes you to the Web site, where you can search for additional sounds.įor information about recording sounds, see the sidebar Recording Presentations in Chapter 14.Īfter you add a sound object, it appears on the slide represented by an icon. You can insert a sound clip by clicking the Audio arrow in the Media group on the Insert tab, and then clicking Clip Art Audio to display the Clip Art task pane, where you can search for and select the sound you want. You can insert an audio file-for example, a speech or interview-by clicking the Audio button in the Media group on the Insert tab, and then selecting the file.
You can also insert the following types of sounds:Īudio files. In Adding Transitions in Chapter 5, you added sound to a slide transition. A complete list of practice files is provided in Using the Practice Files at the beginning of this book. The practice files you’ll use to complete the exercises in this chapter are in the Chapter11 practice file folder. Before you can complete the exercises in this chapter, you need to copy the book’s practice files to your computer.
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