# Adding existing audio

You can quickly add audio to a movie if you already have audio files in WAV or MP3 format. Simply import the files and use them as opening music, background narration, instructions, or any other purposes.

Notes:
When WAV files are imported into Captivate movies, they are automatically converted to MP3 files.
Captivate does not support sampling rates of 5.5 or 8.0 kHz for WAV and MP3 files.

#### To add audio to a slide:

1. Open a Captivate project.

2. Do one of the following:

3. In Storyboard view, select a slide. From the Audio menu, select Import.

- In Edit view, from the Audio menu, select Import.

The Import Audio dialog box appears.

Tip: Captivate contains a gallery that has buttons, sounds, and animations (in SWF format) for you to use in your projects. By default, the gallery is stored in the following location when you install Captivate: C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Captivate\Gallery.

3. Navigate to the audio file (WAV or MP3) you want to add to the slide, select the audio file, and click Open.

4. (Optional) If the playing time of the audio file is longer than the playing time of the slide, a dialog box appears asking if you would like to edit slide timing. Click Yes to open the Edit Audio Timing dialog box. (An imported audio file is added entirely to the selected slide, but you can use the Edit Audio Timing dialog box to distribute the audio over more than one slide.)