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Adding music from your computer to your story

You can add multiple songs from your computer or My Music folder to your story. You can add as many songs as there are pictures in your story and Photo Story plays each song for as long as the picture is displayed in your story. Only one piece of music can play for a selected picture or anchor image.

You can add songs from your computer and the Photo Story prerecorded music to your story. For more information about adding the Photo Story prerecorded music to your story, see Creating customized music for your story.

To add music from your computer to your story

  1. On the Add background music page, click a picture.
  2. Click Select Music.
  3. In the Open dialog box, locate the music you want to add, and then click Open. The music file can be in Windows Media Audio (WMA), MP3, or WAV format.
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have selected all the music that you want to play with your story.
  5. Click Preview to play your story.

    Your entire story plays, starting at the selected picture, complete with the narration, title pages, and any background music you added.

  6. If you need to adjust the volume of a piece of background music in your story, select the anchor image, and then move the Volume slider on the Add background music page.

    For example, if you narrated your pictures, you may want to move the slider toward Low to decrease the music volume so your voice can be heard clearly over the background music.

  7. Click Next.

    If you want to return to the previous page, click Back.

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