Trouble with Sound in a Presentation

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The sound in my presentation starts over every time a new slide comes up - how can I make it play to the end of the song?
 
This should help. Play sounds across multiple slides (A WAV runs through it)
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00047.htm



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The sound in my presentation starts over every time a new slide comes up - how
can I make it play to the end of the song?
 
[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
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Updates".]

Hello,

By default an inserted sound will play for the current slide only. To get a
sound to play for more than the current slide you should insert it on the
slide you want sound to begin (NOT the slide master or title master) and
adjust the animation settings for the sound.

PowerPoint 97 & PowerPoint 2000:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=176565

PowerPoint 2002 & PowerPoint 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=322073

http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC010713231033&CT
T=4&Origin=CR061832731033

A very cool option in PowerPoint 97 is the Custom Soundtrack add-in. The
PowerPoint Custom Soundtrack Add-in allows you to add
electronically-generated background music to your slide shows. You can
install this add-in from the following folder on the Office 97 compact
disc:

<drive>:\ValuPack\MusicTrk

If you have installed this add-in with PowerPoint 97 and have then upgraded
to PPT 2000 or PPT 2002 you can continue to use the add-in by using the
instructions in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

218513 PPT: SNDTRK: Cannot Install PowerPoint Custom Soundtrack Add-In
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=218513

218525 PPT: SNDTRK: "PowerPoint couldn't open the Visual Basic for
Applications
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=218525

If you (or anyone else reading this message) have suggestions as to how
PowerPoint might change it's features for playing "background" sound, don't
forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

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suggestions).

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Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
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