![]() ![]() You can use the Play button on the Player Controls bar, as shown in Figure 4, above. You see a similar bar even in Slide Show view. Note that when you hover your cursor over the audio icon in Normal view, you will see the Player Controls bar.Irrespective of whether you embed or link, PowerPoint will place an audio icon in the center of the slide, as shown in Figure 4, below. ![]() Then, if you want to move the presentation to another computer, you can copy the entire folder rather than just copying the presentation file. If you do select the Link to File check-box, always copy your audio clip to the same folder as your presentation before you insert it within your slide. Selecting the Link to File option does not store the audio clip as part of your presentation but links to it. If you cannot find the Link to file check-box, click the Options button, as shown highlighted in blue to reveal this option. To link rather than embed, select the Link to file check-box, within the Choose Audio dialog box, as shown highlighted in green within Figure 3, above.Now, click the Insert button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3 above, to add the audio to the active slide and embed it as part of your presentation.To maintain maximum compatibility across operating systems, it's best to use the MP3 file format for audio files. Similarly, AIF (AIFF) files can be inserted within Mac versions of PowerPoint but do not work in all but the recent Windows versions of PowerPoint, and even then, you may have codec issues. However, WMA files can be inserted in Windows versions of PowerPoint. You will notice that the WMA file in Figure 3 is grayed out because this format is not compatible with Mac versions of PowerPoint.Navigate to the folder where your audio clips are saved, and select a file. Either menu option brings up the Choose Audio dialog box, as shown in Figure 3, below.You can also insert audio into your slide through Audio Browser, the other menu option you can see in Figures 1 and 2, shown previously on this page. ![]()
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