How To Add Sound To LibreOffice

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Here's the way to add sound to LibreOffice Impress.

Add sound to LibreOffice Impress Presentation

• Open the Impress presentation and Audacity (side by side)
• Click Record in Audacity and record the sound for the first slide. Click Stop to stop recording.
• Click File Export Audio and OK. Give file a name or number (such as slide 1) and save as WAV file.
• When Edit Metadata slide appears, just click OK.
• Go to Libre Office and click View. Select Slide Transition
• Choose None for transition
• Click down arrow by word Sound
• Click Other Sound
• Click the number of the saved sound file that matches the slide
• Click Open
• Click Slideshow and start from current slide to preview recording
• Click Edit Delete to delete audio track from Audacity, so you can record sound for next slide.
• Repeat process for remaining slides.

When you have recorded sound for each slide, click Insert Sound and then select respective slide. An image of a speaker will appear on the slide. Drag the image off to the side of the frame so that when a slide show is shown the speaker picture is not visible. Save all and then test the program.

The finished program with the speaker icons can be copied to a flash drive and to another computer.

Originally posted by Alan Marcus