wav across slides not working

[John]

Hello. Powerpoint 2003 on Win XP SP2 Acer Aspire 3000 notebook

Here is my info:

Setup show: presented by speaker, show all slides, show timings, no other
boxes checked

First slide: Transition=split vertical out, slow speed, no sound, advance
after 12 seconds
Textbox- after previous, appear with typewriter sound, each letter.
Wav file-{contained in presentation], after previous, start from begining,
stop after 4 slides


2nd slide: Transition=wheel cw 3 spokes, medium, no sound, advance after 14
seconds
wav file stops?? <---------------Here is the problem. It should keep going
until 4 slides have passed, but it stops as soon as the next textbox
appears.
textbox-with previous, appear with typewriter sound each letter
animated gif-fly in, after previous
textbox- spirals in, after previous
textbox-spirals in, after previous
textbox - after previous, appear with typewriter sound each letter


Any help greatly appreciated. I have already looked at FAQs, NG posts, etc.
and can't figure this out. I know it is something simple, but it is eluding
me.

Thanks!

John

 

[Sandy]

Try this:

Change your "after previous" (es) to "with previous". Use "Show Advanced
Timeline" features (in drop down menu for each animation) to adjust your
timing settings to happen subsequently.

 

[John]

Hello all,

I did a workaround for my wav issue (it wouldn't span slides).

I did a test by creating a blank presentation with just two slides. I add
the wav to the first one and nothing else. The second one also blank. When I
ran the show, the wav spanned both the slides!! Yay.

Now, on the second slide, I added a text box, put in a few words,used custom
animation, appear by each letter WITH TYPEWRITER SOUND.

When I ran the show, the wav played until the typewriter sound started on
the second slide and then the wav stopped.

So essentially I was having two sounds competing with each on the second
slide and the typewriter one overrides and stops the wav.

So I am just sticking with the wav and no sound on the text file, unless
someone knows of a way I can play both sounds at the same time. (I don't
know what format the onboard typewriter sound uses.)

Thanks for helping!

VR/

John

 

[Sandy]

Thanks for letting me know how you worked around it...

 

[mOmO]

Hi John,

the sounds like "typewriter" from PP library are wave sounds

i never found a way to have 2 simultaneous sounds with PP,
seems not possible
i checked both ways for the "long" sound:
- within the transition (with and witout the check in "till the next
sound")
- as an inserted object ("play till the end")
it stops when the second sound starts

I assume the only way is to play the long sound with an "external"
player

bonne journée

--
mOmO



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