Adding Music to PowerPoint | How to Put Background Music In Slideshow Presentations

Adding music to PowerPoint can really engage your audience by creating the mood you want for your slideshow. The first thing you need is a free and legal audio file to put in as a background in your presentation.

You can use one of my MP3 songs below or any other from my music library for this tutorial. Just right click on the link and select “Save As” to download the file to your My Downloads or other folder:

Magic Ghost.mp3 – Hypnotic Electronic

In the Deal.mp3 – Acid Jazz Hip Hop

The Art of Gardens.mp3 – Acoustic Rock

Silver Shine.mp3 – New Age Piano

So now you can skip the first part of the video instruction below which asks you to copy music from a CD. The next thing you want to do is open PowerPoint and look at the top navigation menu.

Find the menu item called “Insert” and then select “Movies and Sounds” then “Sound from File”. Then go to the folder where you have your audio files and add one of them.

Adding Music to Powerpoint: Video Tutorial