How do I edit a song in itunes to use in a presentation?

Hi I need to shorten a song from 5 minutes to 2 minutes for a presentation. I edit it in Get Info in iTunes and it works - but as soon as I try to insert the song into the PowerPoint 2010 file it reverts back to the full length. Any ideas please?

You don't really "edit" in iTunes.  You can just tell iTunes where to start/stop a track when played in iTunes.  To actually edit the track you should export a copy of the file then use a program like Audacity (a free multitrack audio editor) to trim the file as desired.

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