How To Play .mp3 file During Powerpoint Presentation?

[Blitz]

Hey Guys,

I'm making a Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation, and I need to play a .mp3 in the background while the slides are going? Anyone know how to do that?

Also, how do you change the settings so that the slides automatically switch to the next one, without having to click each time?

As you call tell, i'm a MS Powerpoint Newbie

Thanks.

[Shinobi]

I do power points for work all the time

In Power Point 2003
Go to Slide Show on the top tool bar, then left click on "Slide Transition"
You'll see Advance Slide on the right pane, right lower corner. You can control how many minutes for each slide. Happy? Good...

Don't think you can do .mp3's.. only .wav files
One thing to do before you embed .wav files..

Go to Tools on the top toolbar, then left click on "Options" then left click on the "General" tab.. there you will see the setting for "link sounds with file size greater then" put in 50000 in the "kb" box.. reason is that you want the .wav file to be "in" your power point.. a part of it.. not a link to somewhere else.

What you could do.. it convert a .mp3 file to a .wav file..(google a audio file converting program) then use a program like Microsoft Sound Recorder program thats in Windows XP and make the .wav file smaller by making it less in sound quality.. sounds fuzzy sometimes.. but it works... and gets the total size for the power point file as a whole small enough not to overload the email server LOL
Sometimes I convert MIDI files to .WAV.. nice cheasy music LOL.

Hope that helps a bit.
Shinobi

[Shinobi]

^How was that? Good?

[downhill]

If you can only do wav files and want mp3...do this.

The easiest way is to just use the "Save As..." button on the "File" menu in your favorite sound editor.
Personally, I use Adobe Audition to do everything with sound
files. I suppose the wav editor that comes with the Creative cards should work. Once you are finished with the wav file as you like it...convert, just use that "Save As..." command and choose the "ACM Waveform
(*.wav)" file type. Hit the "Options..." button and select MPEG Layer-3.
That's all there is to it. You'll end up with an mp3 with a wav file extension.

[downhill]

^How was that? Good?

Why yes! Yes it was.....



















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[Blitz]

Thanks to both of you for the detailed replies.

Got it to work!

Thanks.