Sounds will not play automatically once they have been played once. Office 2004 Mac OS 10.3.4

[Steve Kellogg]

I've inserted a sound on slide 1, a different sound on slide 2 and a
3rd sound on slide 3, all three set to automatically play once the
slide is loaded. The inital run of the slideshow works great BUT, once
all 3 sounds have played through once, if you navigate to any of the
slides you've already seen (and heard) , the sound does not
automatically play again upon viewing. You can of course just click
the sound speaker icon to get it to play a sencond time, but is there
a way to get the sound to play automatically again, once the slide has
been viewed more than once?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

When you link to a slide that has already been shown, you link to the end
of that slide's animation sequence (in your case, after the sound has
been played). The trick to getting to the beginning of the animation
sequence is to insert a blank slide before each of your slides with
sounds. Set the setting on the blank slide to automatically advance
after 0 seconds. Have all your links go to the blank slides. When you
advance to the slides (rather than hyperlink to them), the animation is
reset.
--David

David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

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[Steve Kellogg]

WOW! David, you are a genious! Thanks for the help. Now I have one
more for you...


I have a sound file that lasts several minutes. I would like several
images to appear and dissapear all within the same slide, as the audio
runs. Apparently the images won't transition until the audio has
ended. Any way to get the images to transition WHILE the audio plays,
instead of AFTER the audio plays - all within the same slide? I've
tried all sorts of WITH PREVIOUS and AFTER PREVIOUS combinations but
no luck.

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Glad I could help, and thanks for reporting back that it worked. I'm
runnign off to class right now, but you might find some advice here:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00047.htm

It's geared to Windows, and it is not exactly for the question you asked,
but I think you will find helpful information there. Maybe someone else
can offer a better solution. By the way, it might help if you mention
which version of PowerPoint you are using.

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

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