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[Catherine]

How to play music through the whole PowerPoint presentation

Sometimes you may need to set background music for the whole presentation in PowerPoint. Here's the complete guide to make all the ways clearly.

1. Insert a sound clip or music into the presentation

You have 2 options to do so in PowerPoint:
1) Insert sound to the slide
Insert -> Movies and sounds (PowerPoint 2003 or earlier versions)/Sound icon in Media Clips group (PowerPoint 2007) -> Sound from File...
2) Insert as transition sound
PowerPoint 2003 or earlier versions: Slide Show -> Slide Transition -> Modify transition (Right Panel) -> Sound -> Other Sound
PowerPoint 2007: Animations -> Transition Sound (icon and textbox) -> Other Sound

2. Set the music to play through the presentation

1) In PowerPoint 2003, right-click the sound's icon and select Custom Animation from the popup menu; In PowerPoint 2007, click the sound's icon and go to Animations tab in menu, then click Custom Animation in Animations group. The Custom Animation pane will open and your sound file should be listed.
2) In the Custom Animation pane, click the arrow directly to the right of the sound icon to pull down the various options. Then select Effect Options.
3) Locate the Effects tab and Click the radio button beside Stop Playing after *** slides
Put a large number in the box so the track will play throughout all your slides, even if you go back and forth among slides. PPT considers each transition a "slide," so you should put a large number as you can in there.
4) Check the settings in the Timing tab. To play automatically, the timing should be set to Start After Previous with a 0-second delay. Click OK to close the dialog box.

An alternative solution to embed background music into the presentation

In order to insert and embed a large audio file as background music in PowerPoint, some 3rd party presentation tools could be very helpful. Wondershare PPT2Flash can has the feature of Import Audio to easily and quickly set background music for the whole presentation.





Furthermore, with Wondershare PPT2Flash, you can embed linked audio files as one Flash movie in PowerPoint to Flash conversion. Since Flash is widely supported and easily to Web delivery, it's really helpful for your presentation. Learn more and get a FREE trial at http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash-editions.html
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thanks. the tips is very clear. many guys need.
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[evgenia]

What are the greatest strengths of animation as compared to live action?
What does animation do best? If you wanted to tell a story in an audiovisual medium, why would you choose to animate it? I suspect that animation's greatest strengths lie in speculative fiction. Look at some of the most influential anime series ever, like Yamato, Gundam, Macross, and Evangelion. Or look at one of the most acclaimed non-comedy American cartoons, Avatar. Any of these in live action would be prohibitively expensive, and might not work as well anyway.
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