DELAY SOUND FILE BEGINNING

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William

I have a file that came to me in PPS format. I changed the extension to PPT
so that I could open it for editing. There is an audio recording that plays
throughout the entire presentation. I think it is embedded (Sound
options/Info/File: [Contained in presentation].

The audio recording begins to play immediately when the first slide in the
presentation comes up. I would like to delay its entrance by a couple of
seconds, but can't seem to do this. I right click the sound icon and go to
Custom Animation, but the sound file does not appear in the Custom Animation
window so that it can be edited.

Ideas on how I can delay it's beginning?
 
Thanks for looking at this. I get the concept of what you're doing.
However, when I try it, I get an obvious transition from the first slide to
the second, even though they're identical. Is there a way for the transition
between the two to be seemless (that is, nothing visible on the screen, so
two sides look like just one slide with the music beginning "in the middle")?
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William


Steve Rindsberg said:
I have a file that came to me in PPS format. I changed the extension to PPT
so that I could open it for editing. There is an audio recording that plays
throughout the entire presentation. I think it is embedded (Sound
options/Info/File: [Contained in presentation].

The audio recording begins to play immediately when the first slide in the
presentation comes up. I would like to delay its entrance by a couple of
seconds, but can't seem to do this. I right click the sound icon and go to
Custom Animation, but the sound file does not appear in the Custom Animation
window so that it can be edited.

Ideas on how I can delay it's beginning?
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It's probably a sound associated with the slide transition rather than an
animation on the slide.

Simplest workaround I can think of offhand:

Insert a duplicate slide.
Verify that the sound plays on both slides (dupe and original)
Go to the first of the two, remove the sound from the slide transition then set
the timing so that the slide automatically advances to the next slide after
however much time you'd like to insert.

Now you have:

A slide that appears, stays on screen (silently) for xx seconds, then
automatically transitions to

An identical slide that appears and autoplays the sound.

==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/
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I use "Random Bars Horizontal" transition for the second slide in this
situation and since the two slides are the same the transition is not
apparent. We are somwhat version-challenged using Office 2000 and 2002 so I
don't know how that may work on other versions, though.

William said:
Thanks for looking at this. I get the concept of what you're doing.
However, when I try it, I get an obvious transition from the first slide to
the second, even though they're identical. Is there a way for the transition
between the two to be seemless (that is, nothing visible on the screen, so
two sides look like just one slide with the music beginning "in the middle")?
--
William


Steve Rindsberg said:
I have a file that came to me in PPS format. I changed the extension to PPT
so that I could open it for editing. There is an audio recording that plays
throughout the entire presentation. I think it is embedded (Sound
options/Info/File: [Contained in presentation].

The audio recording begins to play immediately when the first slide in the
presentation comes up. I would like to delay its entrance by a couple of
seconds, but can't seem to do this. I right click the sound icon and go to
Custom Animation, but the sound file does not appear in the Custom Animation
window so that it can be edited.

Ideas on how I can delay it's beginning?
Click to expand...


It's probably a sound associated with the slide transition rather than an
animation on the slide.

Simplest workaround I can think of offhand:

Insert a duplicate slide.
Verify that the sound plays on both slides (dupe and original)
Go to the first of the two, remove the sound from the slide transition then set
the timing so that the slide automatically advances to the next slide after
however much time you'd like to insert.

Now you have:

A slide that appears, stays on screen (silently) for xx seconds, then
automatically transitions to

An identical slide that appears and autoplays the sound.

==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Worked perfectly. Yea! Thanks.
--
William


Tom said:
I use "Random Bars Horizontal" transition for the second slide in this
situation and since the two slides are the same the transition is not
apparent. We are somwhat version-challenged using Office 2000 and 2002 so I
don't know how that may work on other versions, though.

William said:
Thanks for looking at this. I get the concept of what you're doing.
However, when I try it, I get an obvious transition from the first slide to
the second, even though they're identical. Is there a way for the transition
between the two to be seemless (that is, nothing visible on the screen, so
two sides look like just one slide with the music beginning "in the middle")?
--
William


Steve Rindsberg said:
I have a file that came to me in PPS format. I changed the extension to PPT
so that I could open it for editing. There is an audio recording that plays
throughout the entire presentation. I think it is embedded (Sound
options/Info/File: [Contained in presentation].

The audio recording begins to play immediately when the first slide in the
presentation comes up. I would like to delay its entrance by a couple of
seconds, but can't seem to do this. I right click the sound icon and go to
Custom Animation, but the sound file does not appear in the Custom Animation
window so that it can be edited.

Ideas on how I can delay it's beginning?


It's probably a sound associated with the slide transition rather than an
animation on the slide.

Simplest workaround I can think of offhand:

Insert a duplicate slide.
Verify that the sound plays on both slides (dupe and original)
Go to the first of the two, remove the sound from the slide transition then set
the timing so that the slide automatically advances to the next slide after
however much time you'd like to insert.

Now you have:

A slide that appears, stays on screen (silently) for xx seconds, then
automatically transitions to

An identical slide that appears and autoplays the sound.

==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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