PPT97: How to Play Sounds Across Multiple Slides

ID: Q176565

The information in this article applies to:

SUMMARY

This article describes how to play Wave (.wav) and/or MIDI (.mid) files across multiple slides within a Microsoft PowerPoint 97 presentation.

NOTE: Sounds imported into a PowerPoint presentation do not play when moved between platforms. To play the sounds, you must re-import them into your presentation.

Also, if you open your presentation in an earlier version of PowerPoint or an earlier version of PowerPoint Viewer, the sounds do not play across multiple slides.

MORE INFORMATION

To play sounds or music across multiple slides within PowerPoint 97, follow these steps:

1. Open your presentation.

2. On the Insert menu, point to Movies And Sounds, and then click Sound From 

   Gallery, Sound From File, Play CD Audio Track, or Record Sound.
3. After inserting the media (sound), select the media object, and then on 
   the Slide Show menu, click Custom Animation.
4. In the Custom Animation dialog box, click the Timing Tab and make sure 
   the media object is selected.
5. Click the Play Settings tab, and click to select the "Play using 
   animation order" check box. After you make this selection, some
   additional options become available.
6. By default, the Pause Slide Show option is selected. This setting allows 
   the presentation to stop until the sound has finished playing or until
   the next slide is advanced. To play across multiple slides, you need to
   click to select the Continue Slide Show option. After you make this
   selection, options for Stop Playing become available.
7. The default for the options under Stop Playing is normally After Current 
   Slide, which corresponds with the action for Pause Slide Show under
   While Playing. To be able to play the media object across multiple
   slides, you need to check the other option, After (Slide Number)
   Slides. This setting determines when to stop the media object from
   playing when in a slide show.
You can only play sounds across multiple slides in a presentation by using the Movies And Sounds command on the Insert menu. If you try to use the media player or Movie Player on the Macintosh, you are able to insert a sound, but you do not have the ability to play it across multiple slides.

REFERENCES

For additional information on playing sounds across multiple slides in earlier versions of PowerPoint, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q135671
   TITLE     : PPT7: How to Play Sound Files Across Multiple Slides

   ARTICLE-ID: Q111749
   TITLE     : PPT4: Playing Media Clip Objects Across Multiple Slides
Additional query words: PPT97 PPT PowerPoint Media Player powerpnt ppt98 8.00 sfil 
Keywords          : kbmm kbole kbdta kbconversion
Version           : MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: November 26, 1998