Sending music with PP shows

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julie39

Is there a way to send a PP show that runs automatically
and also includes a music file (.mid) without having to
send the music separately with instructions??
 
Hi Julie39,

WAV files are the only files which fully embed within
PowerPoint. MIDI, MP3, AVI, etc. files have to be sent
along with any presentation which uses them.

HTH,
GLenna
 
[CRITICAL UPDATE - If you are using Office 2003, you should install this
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello Julie,

PowerPoint does not include the ability to embed (not link) multimedia
formats other than *.WAV audio files.

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

* Pack and Go (PPT 2002 and earlier, or
* Package for CD in PowerPoint 2003
* Saving presentation in MHTML format (single file web page)
* Converting you audio files in to *.WAV files and embedding them (check
the General tab of the Options dialog to adjust linking threshold for sound
files if necessary).

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

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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