Videos are great in presentations (when used properly). Audio is also a great element to add to presentations (again, when used properly). YouTube is a great resource for audio as well as video – for example, search “applause sound effect” or “applause sfx” and there are hundreds of audio files that could be used in a presentation.
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YouTube Downloader HD is free software that also allows any YouTube video to be downloaded as an MP3 audio.
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Downloading audio files is easy. Go to the video on YouTube. Copy the URL address of the video.
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Open the YouTube to MP3 software, and paste the video’s address into the Video URL field.
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In the audio settings dropdown, select the quality of the sound.
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Click download.
Now insert the downloaded .mp3 into PowerPoint and set the animation as needed (Note: PPT 2010 and above can embed .mp3 format).
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– Troy @ TLC