Pausing slide?

[Guest]

Hi there. I have a presentation that I've created with a voice narration - I
have two questions:

1. Is there a way to pause a slide so that the narration starts up where it
was paused when the slide is started again? Right now, the slide will pause
but the narration starts over when I unpause.

2. Is there a way to put a 'pause' button on a screen? I have one slide
which is a small test (where the participants are given questions and then
the answer comes up). I'd like the participant to be able to pause the slide,
have time to formulate an answer and then unpause.

Are either of these possible? Thanks. Lori

 

[Echo S]

How are you pausing the slide?

You could add a trigger to pause the sound, but I'm not sure that will do
what you need. It kind of depends how things are set up.

Insert|Sound|From File, choose play automatically, then right-click and
choose Custom Animation. Add Effect|Sound Actions|Pause. Then double-click
the pause in the animation list, and on the timing tab, click triggers.
Select to start the trigger on click of and choose an object that, when
clicked, will cause the sound to pause.

 

[Guest]

Uh oh; think this is over my head. I recorded the narration through
Powerpoint so am thinking it's 'embedded' and I can't just get to the sound
file. Is that correct? If it's embedded, can I still do what you've described
below? Thanks.

How are you pausing the slide?

You could add a trigger to pause the sound, but I'm not sure that will do
what you need. It kind of depends how things are set up.

Insert|Sound|From File, choose play automatically, then right-click and
choose Custom Animation. Add Effect|Sound Actions|Pause. Then double-click
the pause in the animation list, and on the timing tab, click triggers.
Select to start the trigger on click of and choose an object that, when
clicked, will cause the sound to pause.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Hi there. I have a presentation that I've created with a voice narration -
I
have two questions:

1. Is there a way to pause a slide so that the narration starts up where
it
was paused when the slide is started again? Right now, the slide will
pause
but the narration starts over when I unpause.

2. Is there a way to put a 'pause' button on a screen? I have one slide
which is a small test (where the participants are given questions and then
the answer comes up). I'd like the participant to be able to pause the
slide,
have time to formulate an answer and then unpause.

Are either of these possible? Thanks. Lori

 

[Echo S]

When you record narration there's an option to save it as an external file
or save it as part of the PPT file (or something like that -- PPT's
narration features aren't my strong suit). Anyway, by default it's embedded,
so yeah, you probably can't get at it.

You could copy your presentation, delete the other slides, and do a
File|Save As and choose HTML from the save as type dropdown box at the
bottom of the Save As dialog. That should give you an HTML file and a folder
full of collateral files -- images, sounds, etc. -- for that slide, and so
the narration sound file should be in that file. Copy that sound to the
folder with your real presentation and then use Insert|Movies and
Sounds|Sound from File to get it onto the slide. Then you can drag the
speaker off the edge of the slide so it doesn't show and set a trigger
animation to pause it. I don't know how this would affect the existing
embedded narration, though, especially if you recorded narration for the
entire slide show.

Maybe someone else will pop in with a better idea of how to pause a
slideshow. If the users will see the file using PPT and not the PPT Viewer,
then you could use VBA to do it. http://tinyurl.com/ksu2c and
http://tinyurl.com/ejn4x have some information on coding pause/resume.
Unfortunately, I can't think of any other really easy way to do what you
need.

How are you pausing the slide now?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Uh oh; think this is over my head. I recorded the narration through
Powerpoint so am thinking it's 'embedded' and I can't just get to the
sound
file. Is that correct? If it's embedded, can I still do what you've
described
below? Thanks.

How are you pausing the slide?

You could add a trigger to pause the sound, but I'm not sure that will do
what you need. It kind of depends how things are set up.

Insert|Sound|From File, choose play automatically, then right-click and
choose Custom Animation. Add Effect|Sound Actions|Pause. Then
double-click
the pause in the animation list, and on the timing tab, click triggers.
Select to start the trigger on click of and choose an object that, when
clicked, will cause the sound to pause.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Hi there. I have a presentation that I've created with a voice
narration -
I
have two questions:

1. Is there a way to pause a slide so that the narration starts up
where
it
was paused when the slide is started again? Right now, the slide will
pause
but the narration starts over when I unpause.

2. Is there a way to put a 'pause' button on a screen? I have one slide
which is a small test (where the participants are given questions and
then
the answer comes up). I'd like the participant to be able to pause the
slide,
have time to formulate an answer and then unpause.

Are either of these possible? Thanks. Lori

 

[Guest]

Wow! Excellent reply! Thanks for the amazing detail. I'll give it a try.

Currently, (after starting the slide show), I'm moving my mouse and clicking

When you record narration there's an option to save it as an external file
or save it as part of the PPT file (or something like that -- PPT's
narration features aren't my strong suit). Anyway, by default it's embedded,
so yeah, you probably can't get at it.

You could copy your presentation, delete the other slides, and do a
File|Save As and choose HTML from the save as type dropdown box at the
bottom of the Save As dialog. That should give you an HTML file and a folder
full of collateral files -- images, sounds, etc. -- for that slide, and so
the narration sound file should be in that file. Copy that sound to the
folder with your real presentation and then use Insert|Movies and
Sounds|Sound from File to get it onto the slide. Then you can drag the
speaker off the edge of the slide so it doesn't show and set a trigger
animation to pause it. I don't know how this would affect the existing
embedded narration, though, especially if you recorded narration for the
entire slide show.

Maybe someone else will pop in with a better idea of how to pause a
slideshow. If the users will see the file using PPT and not the PPT Viewer,
then you could use VBA to do it. http://tinyurl.com/ksu2c and
http://tinyurl.com/ejn4x have some information on coding pause/resume.
Unfortunately, I can't think of any other really easy way to do what you
need.

How are you pausing the slide now?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Uh oh; think this is over my head. I recorded the narration through
Powerpoint so am thinking it's 'embedded' and I can't just get to the
sound
file. Is that correct? If it's embedded, can I still do what you've
described
below? Thanks.

How are you pausing the slide?

You could add a trigger to pause the sound, but I'm not sure that will do
what you need. It kind of depends how things are set up.

Insert|Sound|From File, choose play automatically, then right-click and
choose Custom Animation. Add Effect|Sound Actions|Pause. Then
double-click
the pause in the animation list, and on the timing tab, click triggers.
Select to start the trigger on click of and choose an object that, when
clicked, will cause the sound to pause.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


Hi there. I have a presentation that I've created with a voice
narration -
I
have two questions:

1. Is there a way to pause a slide so that the narration starts up
where
it
was paused when the slide is started again? Right now, the slide will
pause
but the narration starts over when I unpause.

2. Is there a way to put a 'pause' button on a screen? I have one slide
which is a small test (where the participants are given questions and
then
the answer comes up). I'd like the participant to be able to pause the
slide,
have time to formulate an answer and then unpause.

Are either of these possible? Thanks. Lori

 

[Echo S]

Ahhhhh, *that* pause. I'd forgotten that even existed!

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Wow! Excellent reply! Thanks for the amazing detail. I'll give it a try.

Currently, (after starting the slide show), I'm moving my mouse and
clicking

When you record narration there's an option to save it as an external
file
or save it as part of the PPT file (or something like that -- PPT's
narration features aren't my strong suit). Anyway, by default it's
embedded,
so yeah, you probably can't get at it.

You could copy your presentation, delete the other slides, and do a
File|Save As and choose HTML from the save as type dropdown box at the
bottom of the Save As dialog. That should give you an HTML file and a
folder
full of collateral files -- images, sounds, etc. -- for that slide, and
so
the narration sound file should be in that file. Copy that sound to the
folder with your real presentation and then use Insert|Movies and
Sounds|Sound from File to get it onto the slide. Then you can drag the
speaker off the edge of the slide so it doesn't show and set a trigger
animation to pause it. I don't know how this would affect the existing
embedded narration, though, especially if you recorded narration for the
entire slide show.

Maybe someone else will pop in with a better idea of how to pause a
slideshow. If the users will see the file using PPT and not the PPT
Viewer,
then you could use VBA to do it. http://tinyurl.com/ksu2c and
http://tinyurl.com/ejn4x have some information on coding pause/resume.
Unfortunately, I can't think of any other really easy way to do what you
need.

How are you pausing the slide now?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Uh oh; think this is over my head. I recorded the narration through
Powerpoint so am thinking it's 'embedded' and I can't just get to the
sound
file. Is that correct? If it's embedded, can I still do what you've
described
below? Thanks.

:

How are you pausing the slide?

You could add a trigger to pause the sound, but I'm not sure that will
do
what you need. It kind of depends how things are set up.

Insert|Sound|From File, choose play automatically, then right-click
and
choose Custom Animation. Add Effect|Sound Actions|Pause. Then
double-click
the pause in the animation list, and on the timing tab, click
triggers.
Select to start the trigger on click of and choose an object that,
when
clicked, will cause the sound to pause.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


Hi there. I have a presentation that I've created with a voice
narration -
I
have two questions:

1. Is there a way to pause a slide so that the narration starts up
where
it
was paused when the slide is started again? Right now, the slide
will
pause
but the narration starts over when I unpause.

2. Is there a way to put a 'pause' button on a screen? I have one
slide
which is a small test (where the participants are given questions
and
then
the answer comes up). I'd like the participant to be able to pause
the
slide,
have time to formulate an answer and then unpause.

Are either of these possible? Thanks. Lori

 

[Guest]

Even if the narration is embedded you can still "get at it" through custom
animation and should be able to see a sound icon. If you can see the icon
right clicking and edit sound object will tell you either that it is "part of
the pres" ie embedded or give you the path to the link.
--
Hope that helps

Uh oh; think this is over my head. I recorded the narration through
Powerpoint so am thinking it's 'embedded' and I can't just get to the sound
file. Is that correct? If it's embedded, can I still do what you've described
below? Thanks.

How are you pausing the slide?

You could add a trigger to pause the sound, but I'm not sure that will do
what you need. It kind of depends how things are set up.

Insert|Sound|From File, choose play automatically, then right-click and
choose Custom Animation. Add Effect|Sound Actions|Pause. Then double-click
the pause in the animation list, and on the timing tab, click triggers.
Select to start the trigger on click of and choose an object that, when
clicked, will cause the sound to pause.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Hi there. I have a presentation that I've created with a voice narration -
I
have two questions:

1. Is there a way to pause a slide so that the narration starts up where
it
was paused when the slide is started again? Right now, the slide will
pause
but the narration starts over when I unpause.

2. Is there a way to put a 'pause' button on a screen? I have one slide
which is a small test (where the participants are given questions and then
the answer comes up). I'd like the participant to be able to pause the
slide,
have time to formulate an answer and then unpause.

Are either of these possible? Thanks. Lori

 

[Echo S]

Oh, that would be very cool. Thanks, John!