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Videos with Audios in PowerPoint Quickstart

A quickstart guide for how to make a music video in PowerPoint

1. Get the Design

Select: Design → pick a theme.

pick a theme
OR 
Create your own: Design → Format Background

format background
For applying the desired background to all slides: Format Background → Apply to all

2. Get the Visuals: Text

  • Select: Insert → Text Box
  • Drag to draw the text box.
  • Type desired text.

For changing the background of any text box or shape: Right-Click on the object → Format Shape


Be Aware of Copyright!

  • Follow fair use guidelines
  • Consider asking permission
  • Cite all media

2.1 Get the Visuals: Images

Select: Insert → Pictures OR Insert → Shapes

insert tab
For modifying images: Use the picture toolbar  → Click on the image → Format 

picture tools format tab
To avoid stretching images and shapes, → Hold the SHIFT key while resizing

2.2 Get the Visuals: Videos

Select: Insert → Video → Video on My PC

video on my pc

  • Click on the video → PLAYBACK
  • Set the video on Start Automatically
  • start automatically option

3. Get the Music

(Ensure compliance with copyright)
  • For inserting your audio on desired slide: Insert → Audio → Audio on My PC 
  • audio on my pc
  • Select: Play in Background under Playback 
  • Play in Background option

Audacity is useful a free, user-friendly audio editor for recording your voice and mixing audios. Download at https://sourceforge.net/

4. Get the Motion: Animation

Select the object to be animated: 

  1. Select: Animations tab 
  2. Apply desired animation 
  3. Customize with Effect Optionsanimation pane
For adding multiple animations, → Add Animations
add animations option
 

4.1 Get the Motion: Transition/ Timings

  • Select: Transitions → choose a transition style
  • For having the same transition for all the slides: Click on Apply to All (* You can different transitions to individual slides as well)Transitions tab and apply to all option
  • For recording your own timings: Slide Show → Rehearse Timings
  • rehearse timings option under slide show tab

5. Get the Motion: Transition/ Timings

Select: File → Export 1. Select: Create a Video 2. Click the Create Video to save your slide as an MP4
Create a video option



Keywords:
PowerPoint, Quick, Quickstart, Music, Video, Music Video 
Doc ID:
112964
Owned by:
Sharley K. in NDSU IT Knowledge Base
Created:
2021-08-11
Updated:
2025-05-23
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NDSU IT Knowledge Base