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Ampler: Conversation with Kristian Johansen

Kristian Johansen is CEO and founder of Ampler, an integrated productivity platform for Microsoft Office. Ampler enables users to work faster, easier, and more efficiently in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, and includes a series of tools that can be integrated into existing Office installations. Kristian has a background as a management consultant from Bain & Co, and has crafted thousands and thousands of slides and Excel models during his career.

In this conversation, Kristian talks about Ampler.

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Insert Audio (Sound) in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows

It’s always a fun exercise adding audio clips to PowerPoint. Some of you may wonder why would you want to add an audio clip? There may be any number of reasons, from adding a voice-over to just inserting some background music. Whatever your reason may be, it helps to know that PowerPoint can insert audio clips of various file types. MP3, WMA, or WAV files are just the common types that you can insert in PowerPoint slides. These audio files automatically embed into your presentation. Even then, it is a good practice to place your audio files in the same folder in which you save your presentation even before you insert them.

Add audio to your slides in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows.

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PowerPoint and Presenting News: March 9, 2021

We first look at overcoming the challenges of staying connected, especially for those who are working from home. Jean Gamester from Toastmasters explains more. We also feature the upcoming Present to Succeed conference which has an amazing line-up of speakers. We then look at how you can create simple quizzes in PowerPoint.

PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can explore inserting sound in their slides. We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.

Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.

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Insert Audio (Sound) in PowerPoint 2019 for Mac

PowerPoint 2019 for Mac enables you to work with various types of sound files such as MP3, AIFF, or WAV. By default, inserted sounds are always embedded within your presentation, although you do have an option to link to sound files rather than embedding them. The default option has a plus side since you don’t have to worry about linked files getting misplaced or lost. On the flip side, this behavior can balloon file sizes. Having said that, it is still a good practice to keep your sound files in the same folder in which you save your PowerPoint 2019 presentation—even before you insert them.

Add audio to your slides in PowerPoint 2019 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Audio, Mac, Multimedia, Office 2019, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint for Mac, Sound, Tutorials

Insert Audio (Sound) in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

PowerPoint 2016 for Mac enables you to work with various types of sound files such as MP3, AIFF, or WAV. However, inserted sounds are always embedded within your presentation, that are different from the default behavior in previous versions of PowerPoint that always linked sound files rather than embedding them. This has a plus side since you now no longer have to worry about linked files getting misplaced or lost. On the flip side, this can balloon file sizes. Having said that, it is still a good practice to keep your sound files in the same folder in which you save your PowerPoint 2016 presentation—even before you insert them.

Add audio to your slides in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Audio, Mac, Multimedia, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Sound, Tutorials