Music does not play once email recipient opens the show

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I have created a powerpoint show in PP 2002. I am
operating with Windows XP. I included music from Windows
Media Player. I can open the show and the music plays,
but once I email it to the recipient with the same
system, same version of PP and Media Player the music
does not play. Please help.
 
Probably because unknowingly, you never sent the music file. The only music file
that gets embedded are .wav files. all others are linked.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


I have created a powerpoint show in PP 2002. I am
operating with Windows XP. I included music from Windows
Media Player. I can open the show and the music plays,
but once I email it to the recipient with the same
system, same version of PP and Media Player the music
does not play. Please help.
 
I personally do not like Pack and Go. I would put your music file into the same
folder as your presentation before you insert it. Once your presentation is
completed I would Zip it using WinZip or some other utility, making sure that
all your inserted files are in the zipped file. Attach that to an email and
send.

After you insert your music, right click on the speaker icon, select custom
animation, click the down arrow in the Task pane, and select Effect Options,
then select when you want your sound to stop from the "Stop Playing Options.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


Thanks. How do I fix the problem. I did read about this and it said that I
should use pack and go and then email the new extracted file and the sound file
to the recipient. I did this but it still does not work. Did I miss something.

Also, when I play the PP show I am unable to stop the music at the end of the
show. It plays until the song reaches the end. Please help.

----- Michael Koerner wrote: -----

Probably because unknowingly, you never sent the music file. The only music
file
that gets embedded are .wav files. all others are linked.

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<>Please post all follow-up questions/replies to the newsgroup<><><>Email
unless specifically requested will not be opened<><><><><>Do Provide The Version
Of PowerPoint You Are Using<><><><><><>Do Not Post Attachments In This
Newsgroup<><><>
Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


I have created a powerpoint show in PP 2002. I am
operating with Windows XP. I included music from Windows
Media Player. I can open the show and the music plays,
but once I email it to the recipient with the same
system, same version of PP and Media Player the music
does not play. Please help.
 
[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello,

When you send your presentation via e-mail only the presentation file is
sent (not any supporting linked content). Lots of different presentation
content is linked (instead of embedded) including:

* Movies - Always
* Sounds - Always if not *.WAV format
* Sounds - *.WAV files exceeding threshold specified in Tools -> Options
dialog.
* Pictures - If option to "Link" was chosen when inserting
* OLE Object - If option to "Link" was chosen when inserting

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

* Whenever possible, don't use content that will be linked (only used
content that will be embedded such as *WAV files smaller than threshold set
at the time they were inserted)
* Prepare presentation for distribution using one of the following and then
combining the resulting files into a single distributable <winzip?>):
* Pack and Go (PPT 2002 and earlier), or
* Package for CD in PowerPoint 2003
* Distributing presentation in MHTML format (single file web page which
includes supporting linked content)

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

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