embedding music into an automated presentation

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Problem: is it possible to burn a cd with a ppt file and music files so that the songs will automatically play once the automated presentation starts?

I created a very large ppt file (256 slides) that encompasses all of my student's research projects and summer activities for a research program that I run. Now that I have all my slides and animations set I want to add music to automatically run while the slide show plays. I have chose about 10 music tracks. The goal is to burn a few copies of this onto a cd that has the ppt file and music files so that some of the research mentors can view the slide show (with the automated slides and music) effortlessly. I have tried a few times with play lists and action settings but once I burn it to the cd...the cd doesn't seem to allow the music to automatically play...not sure what I am doing wrong. Help!
 
PowerPoint does not absorb (embed) the sound files (unless they are small
WAV formatted files), it just points to where the sounds file is stored and
tells the Operating System (Windows in this case), "go fetch".

The problem comes from how the pointer tells the operating system where the
sound file is located, this is called the link. If the sound file is in the
same folder as the ppt file, then the link is called relative. That means
that the pointer says, "just look for the file where my presentation file
is." It does not get out a road map, it just looks in the same folder,
wherever that folder is. This link just includes the sound file's name.

If, on the other hand, the sound file is in a different file folder location
when you go to insert the sound, then the link has to give the exact
directions on how to find the sound file ("Start at the C drive; then go to
MY DOCUMENTS; from there, look for a folder named COOLSOUNDS; and then look
for the file named such-an-such) -- this is called an absolute link. This
link includes the full path and name of the sound file.

Both of these linking methods work perfectly on the machine where the
presentation was created. But, if the presentation file is moved to a
different computer, then any absolute link to a sound file will probably be
wrong, since the new computer will most likely not have the sound file in
the exact same location that the old computer did. So the key is to use the
relative link whenever you may be changing which computers a presentation
will be run on.

The simple solution is to copy your sound files into the same director as
the presentation, BEFORE inserting the sounds into the presentation. This
way the sound file links will all be relative. Then, move the whole folder
with the presentation and the sound files to the new computer.

There is an in-depth faq that goes into much more detail at:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00155.htm

Post back if you are still having difficulties after making the changes.

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ladiana said:
Help!

Problem: is it possible to burn a cd with a ppt file and music files so
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that the songs will automatically play once the automated presentation
starts?
I created a very large ppt file (256 slides) that encompasses all of my
Click to expand...
student's research projects and summer activities for a research program
that I run. Now that I have all my slides and animations set I want to add
music to automatically run while the slide show plays. I have chose about 10
music tracks. The goal is to burn a few copies of this onto a cd that has
the ppt file and music files so that some of the research mentors can view
the slide show (with the automated slides and music) effortlessly. I have
tried a few times with play lists and action settings but once I burn it to
the cd...the cd doesn't seem to allow the music to automatically play...not
sure what I am doing wrong. Help!
 
[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello,

PowerPoint does not include the ability to embed (not link) multimedia
formats other than *.WAV audio files.

There are a variety of workarounds to make your presentations with linked
content more portable including:

* Pack and Go (PPT 2002 and earlier, or
* Package for CD in PowerPoint 2003
* Saving presentation in MHTML format (single file web page)
* Converting you audio files in to *.WAV files and embedding them (check
the General tab of the Options dialog to adjust linking threshold for sound
files if necessary).

Of course, If you (or anyone else reading this message) feel strongly that
the option to embed other kinds of multimedia should be a built-in feature
in PowerPoint, don't forget to send your suggestion (in YOUR OWN WORDS,
please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto

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