Launch Multiple .WMVs

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Don

I'm doing a presentation where I want to launch several
different .wmv files. After the first movie is
completed, is there a way to automatically launch the
second movie then launch the third when #2 is completed,
etc? Thanks!
 
Can we assume you are running some sort of Windows machine and not a Mac?
If so would you care to share which version of Windows and which version of
PowerPoint you are using?

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team
 
Don said:
I'm doing a presentation where I want to launch several
different .wmv files. After the first movie is
completed, is there a way to automatically launch the
second movie then launch the third when #2 is completed,
etc? Thanks!
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Sorry about that. It's Windows XP, PowerPoint 2002 SP2
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You should be able to do this using the custom animation settings.
Right-click the WMV, select Custom Animation, and then on the task pane,
click "add effect." Choose Movie Actions and then Play.

Double-click the media action in the task pane, and on the timing tab,
choose "start after previous." You might put a 1-second delay in there
while you're at it, as sometimes PPT can balk trying to play movies
onerightaftertheotherwithoutanybreathingroomatall...

There should be an option to hide while not playing, also. You can use
that, or you could put in an "appear" entrance effect before the media
action so the movies don't all sit there on the slide while waiting to
play.
 
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