Microsoft KB Archive/119498

Sounds Lost Doing Multiple Copy/Paste in PowerPoint

PSS ID Number: Q119498 Article last modified on 05-17-1998

windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0 and 4.0a == 

= SYMPTOMS =

If you copy multiple sound objects from one presentation to another, all the sound objects will play the same sound in the new presentation.

= STEPS TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM =


 * 1) Insert more than one Sound object on a slide. You can insert them as either Sound objects or Media Clip objects, but they all have to be the same type of object. Each object should contain a different sound.
 * 2) Double-click each object. Each object will play a different sound.
 * 3) Select all the objects by holding down the SHIFT key while clicking each object.
 * 4) From the Edit menu, choose Copy.
 * 5) Open a different presentation and choose Paste from the Edit menu.

You will find that all of the objects play the same sound when you double-click them.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The same problem occurs if you copy an entire slide that contains multiple sound objects from one presentation to another.

The problem does not occur if you copy multiple sound objects from one slide to another in the same presentation, nor does it occur if you copy sound objects of different types (for example, one Sound Recorder object and one Media Clip object) to another presentation.

= RESOLUTION =

To move multiple sound objects from one presentation to another, you will have to copy them and paste them separately. The multiple selection followed by copying and pasting causes the data loss.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in PowerPoint version 4.0, 4.0a, and 4.0c. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= Additional query words: 4.00 power point powerpt winppt macppt =

Keywords : kbole kbusage kbbuglist Version : windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c Platform : WINDOWS Hardware : x86 Issue type : kbbug ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.