Still having trouble putting music with a slide show

[Countrydog]

I've read several Qs and As here as well as FAQs. I'm using Office 2004 on a
Mac (bad on me). I must say, I've never ever been able to discern the
slightest bit of logic in any piece of Office software (or other Microsoft
software, for that matter), so I go into it highly biased. But I'm stuck
with it, so here we go.

I've created a Powerpoint presentation that I want to have run as a slide
show. I have an MPEG-4 file (from my iTunes library) that I want to put into
the thing to play continuously while the slide show is running. If I use
"Insert" it says it can't insert a sound from the file selected. If I use
the Custom Animations menu, everything is greyed out so that I can't do
anything. I'm obviously not thnking "Microsoft" here, since nothing works.

Can anyone give me a simple, step-by-step way to do this? I'm getting
really frustrated. Why can't the world use Macs and be happy? There would
be a lot less bald people (from pulling their hair out using Microsoft
software).

Sorry... hadda vent.

Thanks much.

Butch

 

[Michael Koerner]

You then might want to ask your question in the Mac PowerPoint newsgroup.

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| I've read several Qs and As here as well as FAQs. I'm using Office 2004
on a
| Mac (bad on me). I must say, I've never ever been able to discern the
| slightest bit of logic in any piece of Office software (or other Microsoft
| software, for that matter), so I go into it highly biased. But I'm stuck
| with it, so here we go.
|
| I've created a Powerpoint presentation that I want to have run as a slide
| show. I have an MPEG-4 file (from my iTunes library) that I want to put
into
| the thing to play continuously while the slide show is running. If I use
| "Insert" it says it can't insert a sound from the file selected. If I use
| the Custom Animations menu, everything is greyed out so that I can't do
| anything. I'm obviously not thnking "Microsoft" here, since nothing
works.
|
| Can anyone give me a simple, step-by-step way to do this? I'm getting
| really frustrated. Why can't the world use Macs and be happy? There
would
| be a lot less bald people (from pulling their hair out using Microsoft
| software).
|
| Sorry... hadda vent.
|
| Thanks much.
|
| Butch

 

[Austin Myers]

Butch.

ITunes are DRM protected, I don't beleive you can use them in PPT. That is
true of PPT on the Windows side anyhow.



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com