Play music or other sounds automatically when a slide appears

When presenting, you can set it so that the audio plays automatically when a certain slide appears.

After you have added an audio file to your slide, you’ll see an audio icon like this

. Once you’ve added your audio clip, here’s how to play it automatically when you get to the slide it’s on in your presentation.

In Normal view (where you edit your slides), click the audio icon on the slide.
On the Animations tab, click Add Animation.
Under Media, select Play.
On the Animations tab, click Animation Pane.
In the Animation Pane, make sure your audio clip is in first position at the top of the pane.
Click the down arrow to the right of the sound clip, and then click Effect Options.
On the Effect tab under Start Playing, select From beginning.
Under Stop Playing, select After current slide.
On the Timing tab, in the Start list, select With Previous.
To begin playing the sound after a brief delay, in the Delay box, press the up arrow to increase the delay in seconds, and then click OK.
To test the sound, on the Slide Show tab, click From Beginning.

Note: To hear music or sounds, your computer must be equipped with a sound card and speakers.