How to add Background Music for all slides in PowerPoint



In this step-by-step tutorial video, learn how to add music in your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that plays automatically across all slides and loops until the presentation is over.

0:00 Introduction
0:55 Context on presentation
1:32 Insert audio or music into PowerPoint
2:10 File picker to select audio file
3:48 Set audio to play automatically & across all slides
4:43 Format audio icon
5:38 Advanced audio playback controls
6:03 Add bookmarks to audio
7:11 Trim audio
7:40 Fade audio in and out
7:50 Adjust volume
8:01 Audio options
9:49 Final look at presentation with music
10:10 Wrap up

Playlist of all my PowerPoint videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlKpQrBME6xIKFhSxvoRzy5mrewPe1PcM

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This Post Has 47 Comments

  1. With narration as MP3 and the speaker's words visible in Powerpoint, I need to press Record to put transition between slides. However, there is an echo. Narrator speaks over the top of himself.

  2. Caliss Cy

    Thank you soo much for explaining in detail for how to add a background music, luckily i meet you and now i can finally know how to trully add a background music. Thank you ^o^

  3. Ivy Reazon

    hi there i tried to record a music background but it seems like the music double, why is that happening? it's the same music which plays on the backgound 🙁

  4. Ted M

    Great informative video, Mr. Stratvert!

  5. Totty

    what about convert the slide to mp4? my background music is loud even if i adjust the volume.

  6. Barbara Hoover

    Can I still record narration over a slide show that has background music across slides? Can I reduce or increase background music on certain slides? Thank you so much!

  7. Ramon Dalmacio

    how will to add my own voice with the background music on powerpoint

  8. Sm Anand

    A Very, Very Big Thank You To You Uncle, I Needed That Only “Thank You”.

  9. Sm Anand

    Subscribed, Liked, Commented 👍👍👍

  10. T Turner

    Great video!! Easy to follow instructions. How do you add multiple songs?

  11. Betty Jaw

    Can we stop the background music after playing certain slides?

  12. CWF CREATIONS

    If making comics using PowerPoint can this work for audio "dialogue" between multiple characters on the same slide? Could anyone give me an idea about this? Thanks

  13. _nurul syafiqah_

    thanks to you, this vid help me so much.. but do you kinda have ways to put the audio for the whole slide using phone, is that evern possible because everytime i insert the audio it turns out to be only for one slide each

  14. Carlos Lewis

    Is there a way to change the sound for each audio file? My background music is louder than my narration.

  15. DaGam

    When I Put The Music In Background The Music Doesn't Start Automatically Even If I Putted It To Start Automatically.. Pls Help Me Solve This Problem!!!

  16. PAGE BRINKLEY

    Very good video. However, I have a question regarding playing background music over several short videos that I have inserted into a PowerPoint presentations. Everything records fine while I am in the PowerPoint mode, and the playback while in PowerPoint is good. However, when I convert the PowerPoint file to a MP4 file, the music occasionally has skips when I do MP$4 playbacks. Have you had any experiences with this?

  17. Farrell Watson

    My only question is: how can I insert more than one song in the background?

  18. arsh art

    Can any body telle which app to downlosd

  19. YASMIN ZAKI

    Could you plz guide how to keep playback music volume lower than your recorded voiceover audios in PPT converted Vlogs on Mackbook Pro. When I convert/export PPT slide show file to MP4 video finds playback music very high despite it it at low volume options given. How to fix this problem????

  20. YASMIN ZAKI

    Good. Plz load vlog to guide how to keep inserted playback music lower than voiceover audios on each slide. Ref Macbook pro

  21. pkp gzp

    Wow! This is Very helpul.
    Thanks u sir

  22. Francine Cabrera

    Thank you so much for helping me to add music! Your presentation was done so easily. Thanks!

  23. Martha Luehrmann

    Thank you VERY much! If I have a long presentation of photos, how can I string a bunch of audio files together to play in the background?

  24. Michael Mason

    How do you stop a the music to play a video and then start again? How to end the original music and add new background music?

  25. Scott Shelby

    How do you add a string of songs as my slideshow is quite long and currently have 9 songs?

  26. cheryl Weidley

    Doing a large powerpoint with audio. I want to add more than one song for background. How do I do that?

  27. Vanessa Cadena

    Hello. Is there a way to have the background music pause when a video starts playing and then resume once the video is done?

  28. Anmol Singh

    Hi Kevin, I liked your video and also liked your teaching sense. I wanted permission from you about using this video for my presentation.

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