PowerPoint/Embed Music question?

Question

I am unable to send a PP presentation to another computer or email recipient and have it open, playing the music. The file is embedded I assume as it is about 1500KB, and using the tools/options/general tab, I have told PP to link files OVER 40000KB, as such PP should automatically embed the file. It is also a .wav file. Nothing seems to work here. I need any and all suggestions.

Answer 1

Hi,

My guess is that one of two things happened.

Did you change the preference for the max file size after putting the music into the presentation? If you did, you'll have to delete the sound then add it back in. PowerPoint won't change it from linked to embedded after it has been put in as a link.

Less likely is that you specifically told PowerPoint to link the sound file by clicking the "link" button in the dialog box that lets you select the sound file. If you clicked the "link" button then no matter how big the setting is in PowerPoint the "linK' choice will override it.

-Jim Gordon
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Answer 2

when you consider that mp3 format is lots greater compact, you are able to "trick" PPT into thinking the mp3 is somewhat a .wav report which drastically reduces the megabyte utilization. once I used .wav format the music replace into utilising 26 megabytes yet once I "tricked" it, the report replaced drastically, approx. 20 megabytes much less. So.....circulate and acquire CDex. you will choose the homestead windows exe version (cdex_170b2_enu.exe. With CDex use "convert> upload a RIFF wav header to mp2/mp3" to offer a report which would be enormously much comparable to the mp3 report yet could have the .wav suffix and can be embedded. The headered report ought to be in the comparable folder because of the fact the unique. you will purely be convincing PowerPoint that the mp3 is a typical wav report. So....right here is the way you embed the music without needing to deliver a separate music report with a presentation: Insert sound clip on slide one. proper click on the speaker icon on the slide and choose "custom Animation". the place the music which you have chosen out of your music archives is indexed in the custom Animation pane there's a drop-down menu - click in this and choose "consequence ideas". opt for "initiate playing" - from initiating, "quit playing" After (in spite of the final slide is), insert the style of your very final slide in, ok it. however the backside line is: below: strategies> ideas> universal......make beneficial that the quantity of kb's (kilobytes) is greater effective than the quantity of kb's in the music. if your music report is 26,000 kb's, make beneficial by using putting in the field 30,000 kb's.