Learn MS Word Legal: Audio Tools - Fade In and Fade Out - A Nice Touch For Your Powerpoint Presentations

1. When adding music to your PowerPoint Presentation, Fade In and Fade Out can be an effective way to introduce the background music and tastefully fade it out at the end of the Presentation. 2. Most of the time, the music starts on the initial screen of the file so go to your initial screen when you insert in your audio file. Once your audio file is loaded, click on the speaker icon which will expose the Audio Tools (Format/Playback). Using the Animation Pane make sure you move the audio file to the top of the Animation Pane for that slide. This will ensure that your selected piece of music starts to play once the first slide comes into view. Under the "Playback Tab", make sure you set the music piece to start "Automatically" opposed to "On Click". 3. As to the use of Fade In and Fade Out, play with the timing of how many seconds at the beginning of the audio you set it to go to the full set volume. So, maybe you try a Fade In of 7-8 seconds and see if that is a smooth introduction of the piece. Same thing with the fade out. Think like someone producing a record. 4. You should know that Fade In and Fade Out works great on full audio pieces. It sounds awkward when used on short Music Loops. When used on Loops, it has the effect of being distracting since the Fade In and Out effect keeps kicking in every 30 seconds or so and it has the effect of sounding like a bad or old audio tape going in and out. Experiment with Fade In Fade Out. You can go to Google and search for free downloads for music and play with them so you become comfortable with the process. Training From An Inside Perspective www.advanceto.com