background wma music in relative path or embedded?

[kaston3]

I finally managed to add an wma file as a background for the full
presentatation (the mp3 produced an error after I had been using it
without problems-- I had toconvert it to wma). This is powerpoint 2003.

The problem is:

1. The file name is saved with its full path as a window pops up to
navigate file structure and choose it. No other apparent option.

2. The name of the file has to be chosen every time. So When I use the
presentation as a template I cannot simply click on the wma song file
and choose or write another name. I have to erase the sound object, add
a new one in the same place at the beginning and change properties so
that the music plays over a number of slides.

All of this should be easier.

a) Is there a way to make the object sound path (a wma file) relative
to the current presentaion so that I put everything in the same folder
and when I move the folder (song and presentation) to another computer,
it works?

b) Is there at least a way to embed the song in the presentation?

Thanks.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I finally managed to add an wma file as a background for the full
presentatation (the mp3 produced an error after I had been using it
without problems-- I had toconvert it to wma). This is powerpoint 2003.

The problem is:

1. The file name is saved with its full path as a window pops up to
navigate file structure and choose it. No other apparent option.

2. The name of the file has to be chosen every time. So When I use the
presentation as a template I cannot simply click on the wma song file
and choose or write another name. I have to erase the sound object, add
a new one in the same place at the beginning and change properties so
that the music plays over a number of slides.

All of this should be easier.

It should.

It may be, too.

Put the music file in the same folder as the saved PPT first, and only then
insert it into the PPT from that folder.

That should solve the problem.

a) Is there a way to make the object sound path (a wma file) relative
to the current presentaion so that I put everything in the same folder
and when I move the folder (song and presentation) to another computer,
it works?

b) Is there at least a way to embed the song in the presentation?

Only by converting it to WAV, which has the unfortunate side effect of making
it huge.