HT1688 how do I make a downloaded song as my ringtone

I just downloaded a song and want to use it as my ring tone. How do I do that. Thanks

Here are the steps to creating a ringtone from a song using iTunes 11
Step 1: Trim the Song to a short ringtone
1) Connect Your iPhone to your computer and Open iTunes
2) Select the music folder and Drag the music file into iTunes
3) Determine which part of the song you want to use as the ringtone
4) Right click the music file in iTunes, select "Get Info", then Options
5) Input the start time and end time of section of the song
Step 2: Create Ringtone from the Song
1) Click on the menu icon on the top left corner of iTunes
2) Go to Preferences, Import Settings, Make sure AAC encoder is selected, and click okay.  Then make sure "Tones" is checked, click okay.
3) Right click the music file again and select "Create AAC version"
4) Drag newly created file on to your desktop
Step 3: Rename Extension from .m4a to .m4r
1) If you are using Windows PC, you need to first unhide File Extension before you can rename it. Go to the start menu, search and select "folder options"
2) Click View and uncheck the checkbox beside "Hide Extensions for Known File Types", click apply and then okay
3) Right click the file.  If you are using Windows, select "Rename". If on MAC, select "Get Info"
4) Rename the extension from .m4a to .m4r
Step 4: Sync Ringtone into iPhone
1) Select tones from the drop down menu, and then drag and drop the ringtone into iTunes
2) Go to your iPhone library and select the tones tab
3) Check the sync tones checkbox and click sync
Hope this helps =)
DoItForDummies

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