sound won't play

[moele]

I have a PPS file that was downloaded from the internet to a PC
computer complete with slides and sound that plays perfectly on the PC
but when I transfer it to the Mac the sound will not play.
I have checked it in the PC and the sound is a wav file that I think
has been embedded by going to the 'slide show' menu and to the
'transition' tab and clicking on 'play through entire presentation'.
There is no speaker icon anywhere showing in the slides so I cannot
isolate the sound to alter it.
Any ideas how I can get the sound to play on the mac now.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have a PPS file that was downloaded from the internet to a PC
computer complete with slides and sound that plays perfectly on the PC
but when I transfer it to the Mac the sound will not play.
I have checked it in the PC and the sound is a wav file that I think
has been embedded by going to the 'slide show' menu and to the
'transition' tab and clicking on 'play through entire presentation'.

If you downloaded just the PPS and no add'l files, it's almost certain that the
sound is embedded as a WAV.

Choose File, Save as Web Page and give it a name. Let's say you call it
TEST.HTM for purposes of argument

PPT will create TEST.HTM plus a folder called TEST_FILES
Look in TEST_FILES for files named e.g. file0001
Try doubleclicking them. With a single sound embedded in a simple PPT file
here, file0001 contains the sound.

There is no speaker icon anywhere showing in the slides so I cannot
isolate the sound to alter it.
Any ideas how I can get the sound to play on the mac now.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[moele]

Thank you for your reply. However, I am using power point 97 pn the PC
and there is no way under the file menu to save it as a web page. I
have tried saving it as rtf and opening it in word but that does not
show the wav file. I tried opening internet explorer on the PC and
opening the PPS file but I still could not save it as a web page.
Do you have any other ideas.

Allan

 

[Joe]

Thank you for your reply. However, I am using power point 97 pn the PC
and there is no way under the file menu to save it as a web page. I
have tried saving it as rtf and opening it in word but that does not
show the wav file. I tried opening internet explorer on the PC and
opening the PPS file but I still could not save it as a web page.
Do you have any other ideas.

Allan

Allan,

Some possibilities to take a look at:

Is the downloaded file in PowerPoint format, that is, does it have a
..ppt file extension?

For example, if you export a .ppt file created on Mac with PPT 2004 to
..mov (QuickTime movie format, sort of) it does not support sound across
slides. See PPT Help and look at Trouble Shooting Movies for details.

In making the transfer to the Mac was the downloaded file transfered
just as received?

If the file was saved in PPT 97 while on the PC there may compatibility
issues.

Don't know if any of this will help but I can tell you that the "sound
across slides" feature in PPT 2004 is touchy, at best.

-Joe

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thank you for your reply. However, I am using power point 97 pn the PC
and there is no way under the file menu to save it as a web page.

But you can on the Mac. ;-)

have tried saving it as rtf and opening it in word but that does not
show the wav file. I tried opening internet explorer on the PC and
opening the PPS file but I still could not save it as a web page.
Do you have any other ideas.

Allan

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[moele]

But you can on the Mac. ;-)


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Thank you all for your help. I think I will give up now and try again
with a show I make myself on the PC. This one was in PPS format as
received from the net and sent by e-mail to me by a friend. I do not
have power point on the Mac computer and am only viewing it with a
Power Point viewer so that is why I cannot save it as a HTML file on
the mac. I usually include the sound in the PPS file in a different way
so I will try to transfer that to the Mac and see what happens.
Thank you again for all your help.

Allan==

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thank you all for your help. I think I will give up now and try again
with a show I make myself on the PC. This one was in PPS format as
received from the net and sent by e-mail to me by a friend. I do not
have power point on the Mac computer and am only viewing it with a
Power Point viewer so that is why I cannot save it as a HTML file on
the mac. I usually include the sound in the PPS file in a different way
so I will try to transfer that to the Mac and see what happens.
Thank you again for all your help.

Allan,

I apologize for my seemingly flippant answer. I assumed that you had a copy of
PPT/Mac also.

On the PC, PPT97, you'd want to use Tools, Options and on the General tab, set
"Link sounds with file size greater than:" to a large number. 5000 or so.
That will force PPT to embed rather than link any WAV files you insert. WAV
only, by the way; all other sounds are linked.

Allan==

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

 

[wilkers]

Thank you all for your help. I think I will give up now and try again
with a show I make myself on the PC. This one was in PPS format as
received from the net and sent by e-mail to me by a friend. I do not
have power point on the Mac computer and am only viewing it with a
Power Point viewer so that is why I cannot save it as a HTML file on
the mac. I usually include the sound in the PPS file in a different way
so I will try to transfer that to the Mac and see what happens.
Thank you again for all your help.

Allan,

I apologize for my seemingly flippant answer. I assumed that you had a copy
of
PPT/Mac also.

On the PC, PPT97, you'd want to use Tools, Options and on the General tab,
set
"Link sounds with file size greater than:" to a large number. 5000 or so.
That will force PPT to embed rather than link any WAV files you insert. WAV
only, by the way; all other sounds are linked.

Allan==

================================================
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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I had a similar problem playing a PC Powerpoint presentation on my MAC.

The PC version loops the sound track throughout the slide presentation,
so matter how long you take viewing the slides, you still have sound.

I can't get that to happen with Powerpoint 2004 on my MAC. The sound
file won't loop. I've tried using Slide Transition using an embedded WAV
file and Custom Animation using an mp3 file.

Any suggestions ?