Adding Sound Clips

Adding sound clips to a presentation is a simple process. Once you find a sound clip you want to use, simply go to Insert on the menu.

Practice: Inserting a Sound Clip

  1. Download the austinmail.wav file.
  2. Go to Slide 6 and place your cursor at the end of the title "BamaMail Account Quotas".
  3. Click Insert on the menu bar, point to Movies and Sounds, and click Sound from File.

    4. Adding Sound Clip image

    The Insert Sound dialog box opens.

    Adding Sound Clip image

  4. Browse to the file you downloaded, select it, and click the OK button. Then click the Automatically button to indicate that you do want the sound to play automatically.

    5. Adding Sound Clip image

    A sound icon of a speaker appears in the middle of the slide to indicate that a sound clip is available as shown below.

    Adding Sound Clip image

  5. Double-click the sound icon Adding Sound Clip image to play the sound clip. Save the presentation and go on to the next section on Applying Special Effects.

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