Inserting Audio in PowerPoint Slide

PowerPoint allows you to add audio to your presentation. For example, you could add background music to one slide, a sound effect to another, and even record your own narration or commentary. You can then edit the audio to customize it for your presentation.

To insert audio from a file:

In our example, we'll insert an audio file saved locally on our computer. If you'd like to work along with our example, right-click this link to our example file and save it to your computer (music credit: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden, CC BY-NC 3.0).

From the Insert tab, click the Audio drop-down arrow, then select Audio on My PC.



Locate and select the desired audio file, then click Insert.



The audio file will be added to the slide.