Play sounds and movies across several slides

Play sounds and movies across several slides

You may want the sound or movie that you inserted in a presentation to continue to play when you advance to the next slide.

To do this, you need to specify when the movie or sound should stop playing. Otherwise, it will stop the next time you click the slide for any reason.

Note  You must have a play effect to do the following procedure. If you already inserted the sound or movie and chose When Clicked when prompted, you can switch from When Clicked to Automatic to add a play effect.

1.                 ShowInsert the sound or movie if you have not already done so.

1.                                    Display the slide to which you want to add the sound or movie.

2.                                    On the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then do one of the following:

ShowInsert a sound from a file

Click Sound from File, locate the folder that contains the file, and then double-click the file that you want.

ShowInsert a sound from the Clip Organizer

Click Sound from Clip Organizer, scroll to find the clip that you want in the Clip Art task pane, and then click it to add it to the slide.

ShowInsert a movie from the Clip Organizer

Click Movie from Clip Organizer, scroll to find the clip that you want in the Clip Art task pane, and then click it to add it to the slide.

Play movies and sounds continuously throughout the whole slide show

You may want the sound or movie to play for the duration of the slide show or to keep playing until you stop it. If the length of the sound or movie file isn't long enough for continuous play during a slide show, you can set the sound or movie to loop.

1.                 ShowInsert the sound or movie if you have not already done so.

1.                                    Display the slide to which you want to add a movie or sound effects.

2.                                    On the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then do one of the following:

ShowInsert a sound from a file

Click Sound from File, locate the folder that contains the file, and then double-click the file that you want.

ShowInsert a sound from the Clip Organizer

Click Sound from Clip Organizer, scroll to find the clip that you want in the Clip Art task pane, and click it to add it to the slide.

ShowInsert a movie from the Clip Organizer

Click Movie from Clip Organizer, scroll to find the clip that you want in the Clip Art task pane, and click it to add it to the slide.