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Hello,
You might be running into a known issue with the "Continue slide show"
setting which not accessible through the task pane. The workaround is to
apply the "Continue slide show" setting to the inserted "background" sound
object using the legacy Custom Animation dialog (not the Custom Animation
task pane).
To get to the Custom Animation dialog you must first disable the new
animation features in PowerPoint 2002 and 2003:
1) Tools -> Options
2) Switch to "Edit" tab
3) Check the "New animation effects" under the "Disable new features" group
and
4) Click OK
To apply the "Continue slide show" setting, repeat the following for each
sound object that you want to behave this way:
1) Select sound object
2) Slide Show -> Custom Animation
3) Switch to "Multimedia setting" tabl of the dialog,
4) Check the "Continue slide show" option and
5) Click OK
Once you are done, you can re-enable the advance animation features:
1) Tools -> Options
2) Switch to "Edit" tab
3) UN-Check the "New animation effects" under the "Disable new features"
group and
4) Click OK
John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows
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