This embedding, of course can balloon the file size, and you can still link the audio file rather than embedding it by following the alternative options explained next. Now, click the Insert button, highlighted in red within Figure 2, above, to add the audio clip to the active slide and embed it as part of your presentation.Navigate to the folder where your audio clips are saved, and select any file. Doing so brings up the Insert Audio dialog box, as shown in Figure 2, below.From this menu, choose the Audio from File option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 1, below. From the Insert tab of Ribbon, click the downward arrow below the Audio button to bring up the menu shown in Figure 1. Navigate to the slide where you want to add a sound.Also, do explore our PowerPoint Friendly Audio Formats page to understand which common and exotic audio file types you can insert in your PowerPoint slides.įollow these steps to insert sound in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows: As far as possible, work with a presentation that’s saved at least once.