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I'm working on a presentation that people are going to be watching on their own as part of a training program. I want it to be as interesting as possible, so I think I'm going to add some audio to spice it up a little. Start by going to the Insert tab… where you'll find the Audio command on the far right of the ribbon. Here you can insert audio from a file, or you can record your own. For this first slide, I want to add some intro music that I already have saved to my computer. So I'm going to choose Audio on my PC... and a dialog box will appear. PowerPoint is compatible with several different audio formats, including mp3, wav, and more. All you have to do is select the file you want... then click the Insert button. You can easily move the audio if you need to… then click the Play button to preview it. To jump to a different part of the song, just click anywhere on the timeline. Next, we're going to take a look at ways to add narration by recording your own audio. You just need a microphone—one that's either built into your computer, or the kind that plugs in separately. Again, go to the Audio command on the Insert tab. But this time, choose Record Audio from the menu. And a little dialog box will appear. When you're ready, click the button with the red dot to start recording, then click this one to stop. I'm just going to record a short intro for the slide. "But I already know how to use the internet!" Okay, so I've recorded my audio—now we can click the Play button to preview it. When you're happy with the results, you can give the file a name… Then click OK… and it'll be added to your slide. Now that we've added a couple different types of audio, I thought we'd take a look at some of the options on the Playback tab. This is where you can change the way your audio works when you play it during your presentation. You can even do some simple editing. Say you only want to use part of the clip, for example, not the entire thing. You can easily create an excerpt using the Trim Audio command. Just look for the little green and red markers in the dialog box. You can click and drag these to change the start and end times. I'm going to leave the beginning the way is, in this example, but end the song after only a few seconds or so. When you're done, click OK… and the clip will be trimmed. You can also set your audio to fade in and fade out if you feel it starts or stops too abruptly. Just look to the options in the Editing group. I like the way this song starts, so I'm not going to add a fade-in. But I will add a...