Re: Tech: HELP! Powerpoint w/Music

["Anne C. Oelke" <anne@OELKE.COM>]

These directions are for Powerpoint 2000.  To insert music into your
Powerpoint presentation, choose the slide where you want the music to
begin.  On the top toolbar click on "Insert".  Then choose "Movies and
Sound".  Now select (in this case) "Sound from File".  So far this is what
Estelle has done (good job!).  Now to get it to continue playing throughout
the presentation, on the top tool bar click on "Slide Show".  Now select
"Custom Animation".  Be sure you are still on the slide where you inserted
your music file.  You should see your music file listed there in the box in
the upper left corner as part of the list of objects to animate.  Be sure
to highlight it and that there is a checkmark in the little box next to it.
 Now below the list of objects to animate are the settings.  Choose the
"Multimedia Settings" tab.  You will want to check "Play using animation
order", "While Playing, Continue Slide Show", and "Stop Playing after ---
slides".  Insert the number of slides for your show here in order to keep
playing throughout the show.  If you are using a shorter piece (perhaps
from the Powerpoing music clips), by clicking on the "More Options" button
you can check "Loop until Stopped".

When burning to a CD you will need to include the music file along in the
folder.  You'll need to be sure that the path (the directory structure) is
the same.  I don't have a burner here at home to play with, nor have I done
this dozens of times, so my information here is a bit more sketchy.  It
appears to me that I would need to copy the presentation and the sound to
my CD-RW, and then do the sound insertion in order to get the path to the
sound correct.  Perhaps someone with more practice can help out here.  I
would use the Pack and Go feature available in Powerpoint 2000 to make the
presentation playable on any computer.  Good luck


At 10:05 PM 6/1/01 -0400, you wrote:
> ...I have the picture timing done to match the lyrics, but I don't know
>how to get the 4:25 min. song to be part of the PowerPoint file and play
>automatically throughout the program. ...
>
>I got the song recorded off the CD with Jukebox on my new VAIO laptop, but
>when I go to insert sound from a file, it only plays on the first blank
>slide and the slide show doesn't proceed automatically as I programmed....

>Also, if I want to burn a CD that will play in any PC, do I just put all the
>picture and music files in a folder along with the PowerPoint file and the
>PowerPoint viewer?

>Estelle Oyler, LMS
>Longleaf Elementary
>Melbourne, FL
>oyler@yourlink.net

Anne C. Oelke  Library Media Specialist
Cambria-Friesland School District
Cambria, WI. US  53923
mailto:acoelke@centurytel.net

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