Playing music on slide show

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We have Power point 2003 and I'm having a problem playing more then one song in the background. I insert the first song and click for it to start automatically, then I insert the second song and click for it to start After Previous. For some reason they both play at the same time both starting at the beginning of the slide show.
 
Ross,
"After Previous" means after the previous animation on the slide, not after
the previous music piece stops playing. In PowerPoint's mind, the music is
done being animated once it has started playing. So, it starts your second
song almost right away.

SO, how do you do it? MY best guesses would be to either:
1) Guess about where the first song should end and put the second song on
that slide (or the slide after)
2) Use an external sound editor to put the two songs back to back in a
single file
3) Wait for one of the music gurus to pop in with another idea on how to get
them to play automatically one after the other. (I know there is a closer
work around, but my brain is not fully functioning yet this morning :) )

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You may want to delay the second sound media by right clicking on its icon and select custom animation. Then select timing. Delay some number of seconds by keying in 3 or 4 for the number of seconds you want it to follow the previous sound. Also while you are at the custom animation, select after previous. The default may be on the click so change it to after the previous
jimc
 
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