How to turn sounds on and off

[irvnr]

I can't turn off sounds in Excel 2002, especially that nerve-wrackin
air-raid warning.

I tried turning off sounds in Tools-->Options-->General (by no
checking the "provide feedback with sound" box), but that doesn't d
anything. [When I do check it I get a message that I don't have M
Office Sounds installed.]

The ControlPanel-->Sounds...-->Sounds doesn't even mention Excel!

What gives? Any help is appreciated! TIA.

--Ir

 

[Norman Harker]

Hi Irv!

Don't blame Excel. It's a Windows setting.

Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio devices
Sounds Tab
Select the event that annoys you
From the drop down of sounds select "none" [it's up the top]
Apply

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[irvnr]

Hi Norman,

Thanks for the tip. Trouble is, "Excel" doesn't show up in the lis
presented by
"Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio devices > Sound
Tab". Another service (ClipMate) shows the file Phaser.wav, which
removed. I'm hoping that that's what Excel has been using, and that i
will therefore stop

--Ir

 

[Dave Peterson]

For me to get sounds, I had to download sounds.exe (IIRC) from the MS site and
then install it.

If you did this and you really want to remove the sounds from all of Office, you
could use:

windows start button|settings|Control panel|Add remove programs
look for Microsoft Office Sounds

But when I toggled "provide feedback with sound", excel respected my choice.

Maybe it's not excel.

 

[Norman Harker]

Hi Irv!

There's nothing specific in the Sounds section but there are general
events that Excel will use. Try removing them one at a time.

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Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
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[irvnr]

Hello!

Looks like the MVP has hit another homer!

I removed phaser.wav from the ClipMate entry in "Start > Settings
Control Panel > Sounds and Audio devices > Sounds > Tab", and lo! i
went away from Excel!

Many thanks, Norman!

--Ir

 

[Norman Harker]

Hi Irv!

It's the sign of a misspent youth!

I once replaced all of the Microsoft sounds with sounds from the
Simpsons. Somehow I felt more at home with "Doh!" "Barnie Gumbles" and
"Eat my shorts!"

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Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
Sydney, Australia
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