PowerPoint: Store presentation with music

In this practical tip, we will show you how you can back up your PowerPoint presentation with appealing music.

How to add music to your PowerPoint presentation

With Microsoft PowerPoint you can create beautiful presentations quickly and easily. In addition to the numerous features and tools of Microsoft PowerPoint, you can also store your presentation with music. This ensures variety and a certain dynamic. That's how it works:

1. Start Microsoft PowerPoint and open the presentation you want to add music to.
2. Now select the slide you want to store with music.
3. Click "Paste" on the ribbon. Go to the "Audio" option on the far right and then insert your desired title into your presentation (see picture).
4. When you have successfully inserted the music, a speaker icon will appear on your selected slide. Drag this icon into the gray-colored area on the edge to hide it from your presentation. The music remains active.

Edit music in Microsoft PowerPoint

You can adapt your music to your presentation using various editing functions - and even play the music over the entire presentation. If you want your music to play across slides, do the following:

1. Click on the "Loudspeaker Icon" and select the "Cross-slide playback" command under "Playback". Now you have completely deposited your presentation with your music.

For more useful tips, check out this detailed video report on Microsoft PowerPoint. For a unique design of your PowerPoint presentation, you can get further free PowerPoint templates here.