Powerpoint on Mac?

Question

I'm trying to put a song onto my powerpoint presentation using a mac. I want the song to play at 28 seconds, but i don't know how to make that work. I've gotten to the point where i inserted the song, but i can't change the option of when i want the song to start playing. I can do that on a regular windows computer by going to insert, movies and sounds, sound from file, press automatically, then left click the sound object, go to custom animation, right click on the song, effect options, then change 'from beginning' from the start playing category, to 'from time.'
I couldn't figure it out, and I would really like it if it played from 28 seconds. =\ If someone could help out, that would be great. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Hi,

The same control is available on Mac as on Windows.

Once you have inserted the sound, right-click on the speaker icon and choose Custom Animation.

Click Add Effect, then on the Media tab click Play.
Click OK
Then Click the Effect Options button.
You'll see the Timinig Options tab - click it.
That's where you can set how many seconds delay you wish to have.

-Jim

Answer 2

If it's in iTunes, choose the song then ⌘ + I to Get Info a window will appear. In the Options tab you can set when the song should start or end. I would suggest you burn the 'edited' song on a CD and import it to your PP project, or back into iTunes and then to PP.