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

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To set the sound volume

• 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.
• Click the Sound Settings tab and click the Sound volume ****on to display a volume slider.
• Drag the slider up or down to adjust the volume.
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• Click OK to close the Play Sound dialog box.

To set sound options from the ribbon

• Select a sound clip in the slide.
• On the Sound Tools Options tab, in the Sound Options group, you can quickly change some settings so that you do not have to open the full dialog boxes.
• You can adjust the slide show volume, set a sound to play when clicked or automatically, set the sound's icon size, and so on.

To assign a sound to an object

• Select the object that you want to associate with the sound. An object can be a graphic, chart, or text box, etc.
• On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Action icon.
• From the Action Settings dialog box displayed, click either the Mouse Click tab or the Mouse Over tab, depending on which action you want.
• Check the Play Sound check box. Then open the drop-down list and choose a WAV sound only.
• Click OK. The object now has the sound associated with it so that when you click it or move the mouse over it during the presentation, the sound plays.