no animations while music plays

[DianaH]

Powerpoint 2003.

I've added music to a slide, but I want the other animations to continue
while the music plays. How do I do that?

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

See the response to The Music Stops a couple of posts above yours.

 

[DianaH]

Hi Rae,
Thanks for the response.
I don't think I was clear with how I explained my problem. Fortunately I
know hot to make music play across slides ... my problem is a little
different.

If this makes more sense ... I want the music to start playing, then I have
things animations on the slide that I want to display while the music plays.
The music only lasts for one slide, but I need the animations to play during
the music ... not after. Does that help?

See the response to The Music Stops a couple of posts above yours.

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

Diana,
Right now, your animations are waiting for the music to finish before they
start, likely because they are set to After Previous. Since After Previous
means "wait until the other animation is done", the other animations don't
start until the music stops.

Try changing your animations to With Previous, then use the Advanced
timeline to adjust the start points for each animation. (You can also use
With Previous, then set up a delay for each animation.)

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[Guest]

If you set the music to stop playing "after 1 slide" I think you'll find that
even "after previous" animations continue which make life easier.
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[Cowtoon]

Kathy,
Actually, that's what I decided to do before reading your post. I had to
apply the delayed timings and readjust them "all" (there were many). I
couldn't even choose "after previous" for subsequent animations as they
would wait until the music ended before playing. Most Frustrating! Perhaps
2007 will allow music to play through, separate from animations. There's no
shortage of folk that seem to want that feature ... or the feature to fade
music at a certain point. Maybe we're asking too much.

Thanks for your suggestion ... it would have helped if I didn't already try
it ... so, it's definitely appreciated.
Diana

Diana,
Right now, your animations are waiting for the music to finish before they
start, likely because they are set to After Previous. Since After Previous
means "wait until the other animation is done", the other animations don't
start until the music stops.

Try changing your animations to With Previous, then use the Advanced
timeline to adjust the start points for each animation. (You can also use
With Previous, then set up a delay for each animation.)

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived