Topic 21: How to Play Sound in PowerPoint 2007 and the Settings Involved?

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This tutorial will let you know how to play sound in PowerPoint 2007 as well as the settings for delay or repeat a sound, set the sound volume, control the sound clip start and end point, etc.

When you insert a sound, you can choose the options, Automatically or When Clicked. Automatically makes the sound play when the icon appears. The When Clicked option makes the sound play only when a user clicks the icon.
If you want to more precisely define when a sound will play, or change the volume for the sound and other settings involved, here are the few steps to follow.

To play sound on a mouse click or mouseover

• Click the icon to select it. Selection handles appear around it as shown below.
  
  
• On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Action icon. The Action Settings dialog box appears.

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• From the Action Settings dialog box displayed, click the Mouse Click or Mouse Over tab.

• To make the sound play on mouse-click (or mouseover, depending on the tab that you selected), select the Object action: option and make sure that Play is selected from the Object Action drop-down list.
• To prevent the sound from playing on mouse-click (or mouseover), you can select the None option.
• Click OK.

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To turn the automatic play on or off for a clip

• On the Animations tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation to open the Custom Animation pane.
• From the Custom Animation pane, select the icon for the sound. A gray box appears around its name.
• Click the sound drop-down arrow to open the menu and choose an option.
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• If you want the sound to play automatically, click Start With Previous or Start After Previous. Otherwise, click Start On Click.

Note: Specifying Start On Click in the Custom Animation pane starts the sound file when a user clicks the mouse anywhere on the slide, even if they do not click the sound icon.

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To delay or repeat a sound

• On the Animations tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation to open the Custom Animation pane.
• From the Custom Animation pane, select the icon for the sound. A gray box appears around its name.
• Click the sound drop-down arrow and click Timing option. The Play Sound dialog box opens with the Timing tab displayed.
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• In the Delay text box, enter a number in seconds. The delay occurs between when the previous event happens (the initial appearance of the slide on-screen) and when the sound begins.
• Open the Repeat: drop-down list and choose the number of times that the sound should repeat. You can also type in your own number (up to 9999).
• Click OK to close the Play Sound dialog box.

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To control the sound clip start point

• On the Animations tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation to open the Custom Animation pane.
• From the Custom Animation pane, select the icon for the sound. A gray box appears around its name.
• Click the sound drop-down arrow and click Effects option. The Play Sound dialog box opens with the Effect tab displayed.
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• In the Start playing section, choose one of these options: From the beginning, the default play mode.
  From the last position if you want it to pick up where it left off when you stopped it.
  From a specific time, and then enter the number of seconds into the clip that it should begin playing.
• Click OK to close the Play Sound dialog box.

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To control the sound clip stop point

• On the Animations tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation to open the Custom Animation pane.
• From the Custom Animation pane, select the icon for the sound. A gray box appears around its name.
• Click the sound drop-down arrow and click Effects option. The Play Sound dialog box opens with the Effect tab displayed.

• In the Stop playing section, choose one of these options: On Click, the default play mode.

• After Current Slide to stop the audio when you move to the next slide, or when the clip has finished playing, whichever comes first.
• After X Slides, enter a number of slides; the sound will continue until the specified number of additional slides have passed.

• Click OK to close the Play Sound dialog box.