Microsoft KB Archive/155071

= Slide Transition Sounds Lost with 16-Bit Viewer =

Article ID: 155071

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Viewer

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This article was previously published under Q155071



SUMMARY
If you show a PowerPoint 95 presentation in the 16-bit PowerPoint Viewer, some of the sounds may not be played. Sounds that are not played include sounds that are attached to a slide transition or are part of the Animation Settings of a slide show object.

These sounds are played if you use PowerPoint 95 or the 32-bit PowerPoint Viewer to run the slide show.



MORE INFORMATION
There are several ways to add a sound to a PowerPoint 95 presentation.

NOTE: Two of the methods are not supported by the 16-bit PowerPoint viewer.

Method 1: Insert the Sound as an OLE Object
This method is supported by the 16-bit PowerPoint Viewer.
 * 1) On the Insert menu, click Sound.
 * 2) Choose the sound file you would like to insert. Click OK.
 * 3) With the Sound object selected, on the Tools menu, click Animation Settings.
 * 4) Click Play from the Play Options list.

Method 2: Play a Sound as an Animation Setting for Another Object
This method is supported by the 32-bit PowerPoint Viewer only.
 * 1) With a PowerPoint drawing or text object selected, on the Tools menu select Animation Settings.
 * 2) Choose a build effect for the object.
 * 3) Click the sound you would like to play from the Sounds list. Click Other Sounds if the sound you want is not on this list.

Method 3: Attach a Sound to a Slide Transition
This method is not supported by the 16-bit PowerPoint Viewer.
 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Slide Transition.
 * 2) Click the sound you would like from the Sounds list. Click Other Sounds if the sound you want is not on this list.

When you view a PowerPoint 95 presentation with the 16-bit PowerPoint Viewer, the presentation is temporarily converted to a PowerPoint 4.0 presentation. Sounds attached to the presentation using methods 2 or 3 don't have equivalent sounds in PowerPoint 4.0 and are ignored.

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