In article <13sgdkpkallpgb4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"Alan Illeman" <illemann@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I've installed it but have a similiar problem as before. As the slide
show
> starts, so does the sound, but the sound only lasts a few seconds.
>
> In help:
> To play a movie or sound file in an impress presentation:
> (1) Open the slide that contains the movie or sound file.
> (2) Click the object icon for the movie or soundfile on the slide.
> (3) Click Play on the media playback toolbar.
>
> How do I find the slide that contains the sound file?
>
From the PPT help file:
3. Do one of the following:
To insert a sound from the Clip Gallery, click Sound from Gallery,
and then locate and insert the sound you want.
To insert a sound from another location, click Sound from File,
locate the folder that contains the sound, and then double-click the
sound you want.
A sound icon appears on the slide.
So, do you see a sound icon (looks like a little speaker)?
THen there's this:
Movies and sounds don't play correctly in my PowerPoint Movie.
Not all movie and sound settings are sup****ted in PowerPoint Movies. For
example, if you set a sound to play continuously during an entire
presentation, the sound will instead play until you advance to the next
slide in the PowerPoint Movie. The following sound and movie settings
are not sup****ted by PowerPoint Movies.
€ While playing, continue slide show
€ Stop playing, after a specific number of slides
€ Loop until stopped
€ Hide while not playing
€ CD Options (CD track as background soundtrack)
To set options for playing movies and sounds, select the movie or sound,
point to Animation on the Slide Show menu, and then click Custom.
So maybe (at least in Office vX, which is what I have) there are some
limitations.
And more:
(tho from your description, the sound file is playable, it's just being
misinterpreted)
Types of sound files that PowerPoint can use
You can insert sounds in the following formats:
€ Audio Interchange File Format (AIF, AIFF, AIFC)
€ Apple QuickTime Movie Sound (MOV, MOOV)
€ Apple System Sound (SFIL)
€ Apple System Resource Sound (RSRC, rsrc)
€ CCITT A-Law (European Telephony) Audio Format (ALAW)
€ CCITT U-Law (US Telephony) Audio Format (AU, SND, ULAW)
€ Microsoft Windows Waveform (WAVE, WAV)
€ MPEG Layer 3 Audio (MP3)
€ Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI, MID, KAR)
Tips
€ Some sound formats, such as MP3 and MIDI files, are not embedded in
the presentation when you insert them. Instead, they are linked from a
location on your hard drive or the Internet. If you move the
presentation, you'll need to make sure you move these sound files with
it. To make sure all linked files are included with your presentation,
save the presenation as a PowerPoint Package.
€ If the sound format you want to use is not listed here, you can still
play the sound from a presentation by creating a hyperlink to it. Make
sure you have a sound player installed that is compatible with the sound
format you want to play.
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