Microsoft KB Archive/262859

= PPT2000: How to Play a Sound Throughout a Slide Presentation =

Article ID: 262859

Article Last Modified on 8/6/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q262859



SUMMARY
In Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, you have ability to play sound or video throughout the duration of a presentation.

To turn on this functionality, follow these steps:
 * 1) In PowerPoint 2000, open a slide presentation.
 * 2) On the first slide of the presentation, point to Movies and Sounds on the Insert menu, and then click Sound from File.
 * 3) Select the sound file that you want and click OK.

Notice that the sound clip has been inserted into the slide.
 * 1) Right-click the sound clip, and then click Custom Animation.
 * 2) On the Multimedia Settings tab, click Play using animation order.
 * 3) In the While playing section, click Continue slide show.
 * 4) In the Stop playing section, click After   slides, where   is the number of slides that will continue to play the associated sound file.
 * 5) Click OK to save the settings.
 * 6) Using your mouse pointer, drag and drop the sound file to the right of the first slide (into the gray area beside the slide) so that the sound-file image is not visible on the presentation.

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