Identify sound file?

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Garry

In earlier versions of Powerpoint, you could right-click on the
speaker icon of an inserted sound file, click on edit, and get at
least a hint of what sound file it was pointing to. Is there any way
to get that same information in 2007?

I have a lot of old presentations that I re-use. I don't always
remember which sound I put on a particular slide. Powerpoint 2007
won't play them because it doesn't know where they're located (I
recently changed to a new PC and things aren't in the same place they
used to be). The sound files are all in sub-directories in the same
music directory, but putting the presentation in that directory
doesn't solve the problem -- apparently 2007 doesn't look for the sub-
directory right in the neighborhood, even though the subdirectory
names are the same as before.

The good news is that if I reinsert the file, it plays, but I'd like
an easy way to know which file to reinsert.
 
Hi,

If your sound ahs an animation entry, double click the animation entry|
Sound settings tab| and look in the information area at the bottom.

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Regards,
Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at
the original www.pptworkbench.com
glen at pptworkbench dot com
 
Hi Garry

Yep they've hidden this one good and proper: in the sound tools ribbon (that
appears when the sound object is selected) click the little arrow thing in
the bottom right hand corner of the 'sound options' part - it opens a more
familiar looking dialogue :-)

Just as a side note, I have found this invaluable in the move from 2003 to
2007:
Where have all the commands gone?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC102128641033.aspx?pid=CT102130321033

Lucy
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MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

PowerPoint Live 2007 28-31 October in New Orleans www.pptlive.com
See you there
 
Thanks to both Glen and Lucy. Her solution was easier for me to
implement -- it does just what I wanted.

I have to wonder why they killed the old right-click option, even as
they give you odd options like "change picture" and "reformat
picture," that don't seem real useful for a sound clip. Why set up a
game of hide and seek for the user?

The command cheat sheet also looks to be helpful.

Garry
 
Hi,

The game of hide and seek is called the Ribbon. If you can't find it, go
seek.

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Regards,
Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at
the original www.pptworkbench.com
glen at pptworkbench dot com
 
I have to wonder why they killed the old right-click option, even as
they give you odd options like "change picture" and "reformat
picture," that don't seem real useful for a sound clip. Why set up a
game of hide and seek for the user?
Click to expand...


To me, these Picture options are not odd, but very valuable:

- If you wanted to start a sound on mouseclick in older versions, you
either had to click on that ugly, tiny symbol or cover it with a picture and
assign a trigger-animation,
- if you insert a song from a CD, you can have a cover photo instead of the
speaker,
- if you want to demonstrate sounds, e.g. voices of animals or musical
instruments, you can change those uniform speaker symbols into
easy-to-understand pictures of the animal or the instrument,
- etc. pp.

Don't complain, use the opportunity!

Best regards,
Ute
 
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