How do I e-mail a presentation WITH a cd track

[Donna]

I want to e-mail a presentation that plays to music but I know you have to
have the track & the file in the same directory. How can I do that?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

If it is actually playing off the CD, you can't. What you have to do is
rip it to the hard drive as a file (probably an MP3 file). You can use a
variety of software, but I belive Windows Media Player and iTunes do
this. Then you have a file that you can drag to the same folder as your
PowerPoint file. Once you have done that, choose Insert > Movies and
Sounds > Sound from File.
--David

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[Austin Myers]

Donna, one more time, unless you have the content providers permission to
use their content you can't. At least not with any Microsoft provided tools
as they all respect the DRM contained in the file.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Bill Dilworth]

You will need to "Rip" (this means to capture the sound to a file) the CD
music track to an audio file on your hard drive, then move the file to the
same folder as the ppt, then insert it into the presentation.

There are many programs that will allow you to rip music from a CD. If you
have windows media player installed, then there is a copy from CD option
under the view => goto ... menus.

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[Donna]

I understood what you said before, and it was helpful. However, THIS time, I
am talking about using a CD that I OWN. So I'm sure I have permission to do
that.

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Actually, what you own is a license to use the music, not the music
itself, so you are limited by copyright restrictions. With that said, a
single copy for personal use is likely to fall under fair use. With that
said, you are on the edge when that single copy is to share with a friend
via email. And you are way over the edge if it is to distribute it more
widely than that.

Since this is for use in a multimedia project, you might get some
guidance from the Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia:

http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/ccmcguid.htm

These guidelines apply to educational uses, but they should point you to
some significant limits for which non-educational uses are likely to be
more restrictive (totally restrictive if you are talking about commercial
use).

--David

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Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Echo S]

Not necessarily, Donna. It depends on the CD and what you're using it for,
though.

I'm not saying you don't have permission to use this particular CD. I'm just
saying that just because you own the CD doesn't mean you have the legal
right to use that soundtrack in your presentation, much less embed it in the
presentation and email it to others.

 

[Austin Myers]

I understood what you said before, and it was helpful. However, THIS time, I
am talking about using a CD that I OWN. So I'm sure I have permission to do
that.

Ummm, maybe, maybe not. Where did the music originate? Did you create it
or was it bought commercially? If it was bought you don't "own" it, you
have a right to listen to it, not republish it. Even if you bought the song
off the internet and burned it to CD, the DRM is still in it. Please don't
get angry at me, I'm just the messenger. <g>