How to Create a Karaoke File With PowerPoint

Launch PowerPoint and a slide appears. The slide contains a "Click to add title" section and a "Click to add text" section. Type the song's title in the slide's Click to add title" section and press "Ctrl-M" to add a second slide to the presentation.

Type the first line of your song. For instance, if the song is "Jingle Bells," the first line would be "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way."

Repeat this process until you create enough slides to contain all of the song's lyrics. When you're done, you'll see thumbnail representations of those slides in the Thumbnails pane on the user interface.

Press "F5" to preview the presentation. You'll see the first slide that contains the song's title. Click that slide to advance to the next slide that contains the song's first line. At this point, the karaoke is almost complete. All it needs is music and synchronization that syncs the slides to that music.

Click the first slide in the Thumbnail pane to view it. Click "Insert" followed by "Audio" and then click "Audio on My PC" to view the Insert Audio window.

Navigate to the folder that contains your song and double-click the song to open it. PowerPoint places a speaker icon and a small audio player on the slide. Click the "Play" button to listen to the song. Click the "Pause" button when you want to stop playback.

Right-click the speaker icon, click "Style" and then click "Play in Background." This important step causes the song to play in the background as the slideshow runs.

Click "Slide Show" and then click "Rehearse Timings." Power Point enters preview mode and places a small music player on-screen. The music also begins to play as you view the first slide that shows the song's title.

Listen to the music and click the first slide when the song reaches the point where you hear the song's first line. When you click the slide, PowerPoint shows the slide that has that first line. Continue to listen and click that slide when you hear the song's second line. PowerPoint advances to that slide. Repeat this process until you reach the end of the song.

Press "Esc" and PowerPoint displays a message window that shows the length of your slide show. It also asks if you'd like to save the new slide timings. Click "Yes" to close the message window and return to the main user interface.

Press "F5" to preview your presentation. The music plays and the slides advance automatically in sync with the music. This happens because PowerPoint remembered the timing information you set up when you clicked slides in Rehearse Timings mode. You can save your presentation and run it any time when you want to sing along to your karaoke song.

Click "File" followed by "Export" and select "Create a Video." Click "Computer & HD Displays" and click one of the output options you see. Those options are "Computer& HD Displays," "Internet & DVD" and "Portable Devices."

Click "Use Recorded Timings and Narrations" and then click "Create Video." Navigate to the folder where you want to save the video and type a name for the file in the "File Name" text box.

Click the "Save as Type" drop-down menu and select the video format you'd like to use and then click "Save."