Stopping sound in PowerPoint presentation

[Guest]

Hello,

I have inserted some sounds in my PowerPoint presentation. I have set them
up to start when the sound icon is clicked. That works fine. But I would
also like to be able to stop the sounds with a mouse click, in case i don't
want the whole sound to play during the presentation.

So I choose "Custom Animation" and "Effect Options" and for the "Stop
Playing" option I choose "on click" (which is the default anyway). But the
sounds will not stop playing when I click! If I view the presentation and
click to start the sound, the sound keeps going until finished, no matter how
much I then click the mouse.

Solution?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

=?Utf-8?B?UHJvZi4gQml4Ynk=?= <jsiegel at law dot gwu dot edu> wrote in
You can insert a button and set its Action Settings to "Play" the sound
"[stop all sounds]"
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem (over and over in 12 slide shows with 10-20 slides
each). I really think this is a bug. I'm using PowerPoint for Office 2003.
Powerpoint didn't always work this way. .....

Any how, I'm not sure I understand David's work around (or else there's a
bug there as well). I am assuming that when David said create a button, he
meant an action button. When I create an action button my choices are "No
sound" or "Stop Previous Sound". I don't see "Stop All Sounds". Any advice?

=?Utf-8?B?UHJvZi4gQml4Ynk=?= <jsiegel at law dot gwu dot edu> wrote in
You can insert a button and set its Action Settings to "Play" the sound
"[stop all sounds]"
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

Hello,

I have inserted some sounds in my PowerPoint presentation. I have set
them up to start when the sound icon is clicked. That works fine.
But I would also like to be able to stop the sounds with a mouse
click, in case i don't want the whole sound to play during the
presentation.

So I choose "Custom Animation" and "Effect Options" and for the "Stop
Playing" option I choose "on click" (which is the default anyway).
But the sounds will not stop playing when I click! If I view the
presentation and click to start the sound, the sound keeps going until
finished, no matter how much I then click the mouse.

Solution?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

You are right. It is [stop previous sound], but it does generally work to
stop the sound that is playing.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

I have the same problem (over and over in 12 slide shows with 10-20
slides each). I really think this is a bug. I'm using PowerPoint for
Office 2003. Powerpoint didn't always work this way. .....

Any how, I'm not sure I understand David's work around (or else
there's a bug there as well). I am assuming that when David said
create a button, he meant an action button. When I create an action
button my choices are "No sound" or "Stop Previous Sound". I don't
see "Stop All Sounds". Any advice?

=?Utf-8?B?UHJvZi4gQml4Ynk=?= <jsiegel at law dot gwu dot edu> wrote
in You can insert a button and set its Action Settings to "Play" the
sound "[stop all sounds]"
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

Hello,

I have inserted some sounds in my PowerPoint presentation. I have
set them up to start when the sound icon is clicked. That works
fine. But I would also like to be able to stop the sounds with a
mouse click, in case i don't want the whole sound to play during
the presentation.

So I choose "Custom Animation" and "Effect Options" and for the
"Stop Playing" option I choose "on click" (which is the default
anyway). But the sounds will not stop playing when I click! If I
view the presentation and click to start the sound, the sound keeps
going until finished, no matter how much I then click the mouse.

Solution?