Sound Effect after Text

  • Thread starter Thread starter HeyVegasGo
  • Start date Start date
H

HeyVegasGo

I have a PowerPoint 2002 presentation that includes a text placeholder. In the
text placeholder I have it set up so a joke spirals in. The answer to the joke
is on a 3.5 second delay and then it spins into place. I have a sound effect of
some children laughing. I want it to play AFTER the answer to the joke has been
displayed. The best I can do is get it to play with the text that serves as the
answer. This doesn't give me the effect I'm looking for because the laughter
begins before you have time to really see the response and then it's over
before the answer to the joke registers in your mind. Suggestions?
 
How did you insert and animate the sound?

I'd use Insert/Sound/From File, and then in the animation pane, set it
to animate (play) after previous. Of course, you'd want it after the
answer in the list on the task pane. You may need to put a delay on the
sound as well, as the spin for the answer may take a few seconds.

You can see what's happening with the animation timings by clicking on
the arrow next to any object in the custom animation task pane and
selecting "advanced timeline." Drag the left edge of the pane to widen
it so you can see better. Those grey boxes show you what's happening
when and how long each takes. You can even add the delay by dragging the
grey box around in the pane, which I think is a way cool thing.
 
Click "Insert", "Sound", "From file". Browse to your wav file. It will put
a speaker icon on your slide. Move it off the slide (any direction is
fine). Set the Custom Animation of the sound to follow the previous
animation and assign the sound to it. Just because it isn't physically on
the slide doesn't mean it isn't part of the animation sequence.

You could also put a simple rectangle on the slide, assign the sound to it
and set the line and fill colors to "None". All sorts of ways to skin that
PowerPoint cat!

Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com
 
Back
Top