How to Embedd an Audio File into A Power Point

[Samir]

I have a presentation that is to be distributed to several
people. In this, I have an Audio file, it is inserted, and
plays on the computer that I made it on. Ive tried
inserting the song from the cd, then burning onto the cd,
but when I come across a computer with different drive
names, the powerpoint cannot find the file. So I was
wondering if there is a way to put the entire file into
the Powerpoint so it doesnt have to search for it? And if
not, any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Sonia]

Not all sound files are equal. What type of sound file are you inserting?
WAV? MP3? WMA? Etc.?
--

Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
http://www.soniacoleman.com
(Tutorials and Autorun CD Project Creator)
PowerPoint Live! - Featured Speaker
Tucson, AZ; October 12-15, 2003

 

[rjr1040]

Sonia, I too tried to do the embed thing and can't get past slide one.
I have an xp pro machine and am using office xp.I'm trying to insert any
type music file as an embedded object.
I converted a mp3 to a .wav and couldn't get either one to work.

Any help for any type file would be appreciated.
Bob Reynolds

 

[Sonia]

Only WAV's can be embedded. However, if their size exceeds the limit you
set, they will be linked. Go to Tools > General and enter 50000 in the box
and that will embed all WAV's that are not larger than 50 MB.

 

[Carl]

As a musician, I work frequently with audio
files/PowerPoint. My experience has been that .wav files
are the "least common denominator," meaning that most
computers will play .wav files. I've run into some that
wouldn't handle mp3 and other types.

I routinely create autorun CDs with PowerPoint, and I
always include the music and other audio files (narration,
sound effects, etc.) on the CD. PowerPoint looks for them
at the source from which it's launched, so I've not had a
problem with audio files playing on an autorun CD. (I
always include and call the viewer on autorun CDs.)

Incidentally, if you need custom music tracks for your
presentations, with our without vocals, and at
extraordinarily reasonable rates, feel free to contact me
at (e-mail address removed).