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Hello,
PowerPoint does not have the specific capability that you are looking for.
Each media object is a discrete entity and cannot be "chained" together (so
that, for example, an audio file on slide 5 begins playing immediately
after a sound file <which was started on slide 1> happens to end). Instead,
they would have to be combined outside of PowerPoint (using some other
tool) and then reinserted as a single media object.
If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
provide more options for handling multiple media files, don't forget to
send your feedback (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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