I have a question. I can't remember how to hide the sound icon during the
slide show. I know that you can and I've done it before. Where do I go to
hide this icon? I see hide while NOT playing but I need hide while I am
playing the show.

"John Wilson" wrote:

> Hi
>
> If you open the custom animation pane you will see a list of animations. The
> media animation is probably at the bottom. Drag it to the top of the list (or
> select and use the re-order buttons to do the same thing) See if that works.
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>
> "Wes" wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I've searched in this forum but couldn't find my problem so I hope that
> > doesn't mean it's unsolvable. I'm fairly new to PowerPoint but I'm learning
> > the basics pretty well. I've got a presentation I'm trying to put together.
> > The end result will be a CD with the presentation on it that autostarts when
> > inserted into the computer. OR a flash drive with the presentation on it.
> > Here's my problem
> >
> > I've recorded the audio narration for the presentation externally using some
> > of the tips I've found on this forum. So now I have these audio files and
> > they're good enough. (I have them in both wav and mp3 format)
> >
> > I've got my presentation finished, and all the slides transition in the
> > bullets all nice and sexy, just the way I want it.
> >
> > It's putting the two together that's killing me. If I add the sound as an
> > embedded file it asks me if I want it to autostart or have the user click on
> > it....I want it to auto start. But when I watch the presentation they don't
> > autostart until the last bullet point slides in. I need them to start when
> > the slide first comes up. Then I need to be able to time the transitions so
> > that the bullet points appear in sequence with the audio.
> >
> > How do I get the sounds to start at the beginning of the slide and not after
> > the last bullet transition?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Wes

Right-click the icon, choose Edit Sound Object, click the "hide" option
there.

Or you can just drag it off the edge of the slide, where it won't show.

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"Dana" <Dana@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E96BDF18-79FA-44BA-933C-E989A893A786@microsoft.com...
>I have a question. I can't remember how to hide the sound icon during the
> slide show. I know that you can and I've done it before. Where do I go to
> hide this icon? I see hide while NOT playing but I need hide while I am
> playing the show.
>
> "John Wilson" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> If you open the custom animation pane you will see a list of animations.
>> The
>> media animation is probably at the bottom. Drag it to the top of the list
>> (or
>> select and use the re-order buttons to do the same thing) See if that
>> works.
>> --
>> Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials-
>> http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk
>> http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html
>> email john AT technologytrish.co.uk
>>
>>
>> "Wes" wrote:
>>
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > I've searched in this forum but couldn't find my problem so I hope
>> > that
>> > doesn't mean it's unsolvable. I'm fairly new to PowerPoint but I'm
>> > learning
>> > the basics pretty well. I've got a presentation I'm trying to put
>> > together.
>> > The end result will be a CD with the presentation on it that autostarts
>> > when
>> > inserted into the computer. OR a flash drive with the presentation on
>> > it.
>> > Here's my problem
>> >
>> > I've recorded the audio narration for the presentation externally using
>> > some
>> > of the tips I've found on this forum. So now I have these audio files
>> > and
>> > they're good enough. (I have them in both wav and mp3 format)
>> >
>> > I've got my presentation finished, and all the slides transition in the
>> > bullets all nice and sexy, just the way I want it.
>> >
>> > It's putting the two together that's killing me. If I add the sound as
>> > an
>> > embedded file it asks me if I want it to autostart or have the user
>> > click on
>> > it....I want it to auto start. But when I watch the presentation they
>> > don't
>> > autostart until the last bullet point slides in. I need them to start
>> > when
>> > the slide first comes up. Then I need to be able to time the
>> > transitions so
>> > that the bullet points appear in sequence with the audio.
>> >
>> > How do I get the sounds to start at the beginning of the slide and not
>> > after
>> > the last bullet transition?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
>> > Wes