Music in Powerpoint 2003?

[Spirit]

I am creating a holiday Powerpoint show which I am going to e-mail to friends
once complete. I am going to put in a music file with it and I wanted to
know how I could do this and keep the music within the presentation so that
it can be heard on each computer that receives it. I know it can be done
since I have received these kinds of presentations by e-mail which included
music many times, so any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thank
you.

Additional Info:
OS - Windows XP SP1
Program - MS Powerpoint 2003

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

If you want to play the music across slides and have it embedded within the
presentation, you'll need to start with a WAV file that you insert as a
transition sound. Look here for more info:

http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/ppsoundacross.html#transition

 

[Spirit]

Thank you for your response and this was definitely helpful. However, I am
using a song from a cd so I don't quite understand how I am supposed to
"start with a WAV file." I read the page you suggested, and I am still a
little confused. It is not giving me the 'exact' answer I am looking for.
Can you elaborate a little more? Thank you.

 

[Sonia]

You have to "rip" the sound track from the CD and create a file on your hard
drive. From there you insert the file in your presentation. You can use google
to locate CD rippers, but a good one is "Audiograbber".

 

[Kathy J]

Spirit,
You need to "rip" the music from the CD to a file of WAV format. You can't
do that from within PPT, you will need a separate piece of software for it.
You can search Google for one of the other tools.

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
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[Kathy J]

Hey Steve - You awake out there? Okay - when you are, could you do me a
favor? Can you add the "ripping" information to an FAQ entry? Sonia only
beat me to making the post because I couldn't find the name of the product
she always recommends.

Whatcha think?

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

 

[Spirit]

Wow, you guys have been extremely helpful and I can't thank you enough.
After having read your replies, it dawned on me that WAV files can be very
large. Since I will be e-mailing this PPT to others, wouldn't it be a good
idea to link the PPT and music file to a website instead? This way, people
using AOL and the like can view it without worrying about Inbox limits. I
have a little 'rinky-dink' web page through Yahoo! and I would love to put it
on that page if it would make life easier. If this is at all possible, can
provide me with a link to a web page which would describe this process in
detail? Again, I appreciate all your help. Thank you.

P.S. You Microsoft MVPs are awesome! Keep up the good work.

 

[Sonia]

For email, Audiograbber will rip to MP3, which will be 1/10 the size of WAV.
Continuous sound on a website isn't automatic either, so you'll need to make
changes to the HTML. See http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00241.htm and
http://www.oldfco.ca/tutorial/pptohtml_files/frame.html

 

[Sonia]

That will probably require the steps described at
http://www.powerpointanswers.com/article1018.html in order to get the sound to
play throughout the website presentation.

 

[Kathy J]

Thank you sir!

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

 

[Sonia]

I didn't read carefully. Was thinking HTML.

?

If the sound's embedded in the PPT and the PPT is what's linked to?

Really? Gad, I hope not.

Try:

http://www.rdpslides.com/test/whattascream.pps




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