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Trung Quach - 10 Nov 2005 00:29 GMT

Two Questions?

When I go onto the Microsoft Office Downloads site to download some of the
sound files that are available, where does it download to. I can't seem to
find it after I download it? I'm using Pwrpt XP?

Second Question?

When I try to add a sound by adding it using "sounds by clip organizer" I am
not able to play it. When I place it on a powerpoint slide and test it by
trying to play it, it says it can't locate the files. Howerver, all these
sounds file looks like it comes standard with Microsoft Office?

Answers to this issues would be much appreciated.

Trung

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Echo S - 10 Nov 2005 02:13 GMT

When you download clips from the Office Online downloads, they are installed
automatically in your Clip Organizer. (Thanks for mentioning the version of
PPT you're using!)

You can go to Insert|Movies and Sounds|Sound from Clip Organizer and search
for your clip by typing in an appropriate keyword.

If you insert the file from there, though, it may not play because the Clip
Organizer adds a really long path to the file. And PPT can't find/play files
with paths longer than 128 characters.

So what I'd do is find the clip in the Clip Organizer, click it and choose
Properties. Select the file path in the properties dialog box and hit Ctrl+C
to copy it. Then open My Documents and paste the path (click in the address
bar and hit Ctrl+V). Select the clip in the window and Ctrl+C to copy it.
Navigate to the folder your PPT file is in and Ctrl+V to paste the clip.

Then go to Insert|Movies and Sounds|From File, navigate to the clip in the
same folder with the PPT file, and insert that clip.

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