Microsoft KB Archive/161473

= PPT97: Recorded Narration Overrides Embedded Sounds =

Article ID: 161473

Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q161473





SUMMARY
If you record a narration for a slide show that has embedded sounds (or sounds that play as part of an animation effect), you do not hear the embedded sounds over the narration when you run the slide show.

This effect does not apply to sounds associated with slide transitions. If you have slides whose transition effects include sounds, you hear those sounds along with the recorded narration.



MORE INFORMATION
There are three basic types of sounds that Windows can play:
 * Digitized recorded audio (.wav files)
 * Synthesized music (MIDI files)
 * Audio pass-through (compact disc audio)

Windows can play only one of each type simultaneously. This means that you can play a .wav file and compact disc audio simultaneously, but you can't play two .wav files at once.

When you record a narration for your presentation, that narration is stored as digitized recorded audio (.wav). When you run your slide show, the narration audio is the only digitized audio that you hear.

NOTE: You can still hear slide transition sound effects because they are played before the narration starts.

If you run your slide show with narration turned off, you can hear the other sounds.

Additional query words: 97 8.0 ppt97 ppt8 soundtrack masked hidden inaudible CD Music

Keywords: kbualink97 kbprb KB161473

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