There are several ways to add sound to your slides. You can click on Insert, Movies and Sounds, and you will notice four options: Sound from Clip Organizer, Sound from File, Play CD Audio Track (that can be selected if you have a CD), and Record Sound. We will start with Sound from Clip Organizer. Clicking that option takes you to the ClipArt area where you can search for a sound. Key a search term. Click Go. There will be a number of choices. Click on the one that you want. You will choose whether to play the sound when it is clicked or whether to play it automatically. In this case, I will click "when clicked." If I choose to use the sound, I may do so; otherwise, I may not. Normally you move the sound icon to the lower corner. I'll go to Slide 3. I may want to do one of two things here. I may want to insert sound from a file that I have previously created. I would click on Sound From File. The file types that PowerPoint will accept are listed under the file types. I'm using a wav file. That is an acceptable format. I want to start this one automatically. Move to the icon to select it and drag it down to the corner. Another way I could include sound on this slide is to record that sound. I'll delete this icon since I have now decided to insert it by recording. Click on Insert, Movies and Sounds, Record Sound. The Record Sound icon opens. To record sound, I would click the red button to record. My sound would be recorded and when I wanted to stop, I would click the Stop button. I have the option of listening to the sound. Click OK. The sound icon has been inserted. I, again, will move that sound icon to the lower corner. Once you play the presentation, this sound would start automatically.
There are two types of animation to assign to presentations. Click on Slide Show. There is an animation scheme which will determine how objects appear on each slide. Objects refer to text and graphics. There is custom animation which can be assigned to specific objects. I'll begin with custom animation. On this slide, I want to have the image to appear. Click Add Effect. On entrance, I would like for it to fly in. I'll leave it to Start on click. I can have it to animate with the previous or after the previous object. From the direction, I prefer "from left." For speed, I will assign "medium." Notice that a "1" displays next to the image. I'll click the second image, Add effect. On entrance, I would like for this one to fade in. I'll leave it at medium speed. Notice that we have the "1" and the "2." These are called animation tags, and they indicate the number of mouse clicks needed to trigger the animation. So during the presentation, after the title displays, one click of the mouse will display the image of the individual speaking into the microphone, and the second image will be the speaker. That's how custom animation is assigned. Secondly, I'll move to another slide and look at an animation scheme. The choices on an animation scheme are in three categories: subtle, moderate, and exciting. I prefer the subtle group. What I'll do is choose a "dissolve in." Notice that this applies to the text on the slide. I have a choice of applying it to all slides or applying it to the one slide. I will choose "Apply to all" slides. Now, we can play and preview. I'll click Play. Slide 1 dissolves in. Let's look at Slide 2. I'll select Slide 3 and Play. Slide 4 has the custom animation assigned to that slide. This can add some movement and interest to your presentations.
Transitions determine the way entire slides appear in a show as opposed to animation that determines how objects appear on each slide. We will assign transitions to this presentation by first clicking on Slide Sorter View. We will select Slide Show, Slide Transition. Choose Slide 1 and then click the Shift key and select the last slide. This selects all of the slides meaning that all of the transitions will be applied to the selected slides. If I choose not to animate or not to apply slide transition to Slide 3, I will click the Control key and click Slide 3. You will see that the border has been removed. Transition will be applied to these four slides. Under the type of transition, I'm going to choose "Box In." You will see how it is displayed on the four slides to which it will be applied. To advance a slide, I'm going to leave it on "mouse click," then once I click a mouse, it will display the slide. To preview, click on Play. You will notice the four slides that were chosen have transition.