PPT2000: Only the First Sound Plays on Slide with Multiple Sound Objects (226703)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
This article was previously published under Q226703

SYMPTOMS

If you have two or more sounds on a slide in your presentation and both have a timing interval of zero seconds, you may notice that only the first sound will play when you view the slide in Slide Show.

CAUSE

The narration feature of PowerPoint has been improved so that it synchronizes more smoothly with build effects. For this to work properly, animation timings must be measured from the start of the previous animation to the start of the next animation.

This is a change in the way earlier versions of PowerPoint handled timing events. Earlier versions of PowerPoint measure time between the end of an animation to the start of the next animation.

Because of this, the sounds files all try to play at the same time. Only the first sound set to play in the animation order will play, the others will be suppressed.

WORKAROUND

Set Animation Timings

To work around this problem, you will have to set a specific play time for each sound you want to play. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. On the Slide Show menu, click Custom Animation.
  2. Click the Order & Timing tab.
  3. Click to select the first sound object in the Animation order list.
  4. Click the Multimedia Settings tab.
  5. Click More Options.
  6. From the Sound Options dialog box, take note of the Total playing time for the sound clip.
  7. Click Cancel.
  8. Click the Order & Timing tab.
  9. Click to select the next sound in the Animation order list.
  10. Set the timing for this sound to the total playing time of the previous clip (noted in step 6) plus one second.

    This extra second is to allow the sound device to be released and to start playing the next sound.
  11. Repeat steps four to ten for each sound object on your slide.
  12. Click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:7/31/2001
Keywords:kbbug kbslideshow KB226703
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