Play music during presentation in powerpoint 2010/2013

-          Open your powerpoint file

-           Click on a slide where you want to start music

-          Click on Insert tab

-          click Audio, and then click Audio on my PC

-          Locate and double-click the music file.

-          After you have added an audio file to your slide, you’ll see an audio icon like this 

-          Click on this icon, Playback tab will appear

   -       If you are using Powerpoint 2013, on the Playback tab, click Play in Background

If you are using Powerpoint 2010, your screen does not have Play in Background so you need to check on some properties like the below picture:

TIP: If your music is from an online website, download it to your computer’s hard drive first. The supported audio file formats are AU Audio file (.au), MP3 Audio file (.mp3), Advanced Audio Coding - MPEG-4 Audio file (.m4a, .mp4), Windows Audio file (.wav), Windows Media Audio file (.wma)