PowerPoint files do not play with Sound

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PowerPoint files do not play with Sound

at least if they were created with Windows.

This happens repeatedly with Office (both 2004 Mac Student/Teacher Edition and Office X).

Also, this happens on both my iMac Core Duo and my mom's Macbook.

Avi

iMac Core Duo 2.0, Mac OS X (10.4.5), Western Digital 250 GB, 1.5 G Ram, 20 inch screen

Posted on Aug 18, 2006 8:50 AM

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Answer 1

iFelix

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Aug 18, 2006 5:06 PM in response to aviavi

They may be using Windows Media sound files.

Install Flip4Mac and see if that makes difference.
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aviavi Author

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Aug 18, 2006 11:41 PM in response to iFelix

This is a copy of the support message from Microsoft:

"Thank you for requesting support for Microsoft Office. My name is Joseph and I will be working with you to resolve this issue.

ISSUE: Unable to hear sounds in some PowerPoint presentations

1) There is a compatibility issue with some sound files, they simply will not play on a Mac."

So Mac users are out of luck. This is very annoying, and is one of those "Mac marginalization" issues that I've yet to hear addressed.

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aviavi Author

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Aug 18, 2006 11:41 PM in response to aviavi

And Flip4Mac does not help. It's already installed on both computers.

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iFelix

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Aug 19, 2006 12:33 AM in response to aviavi

What type of sound files are they?

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aviavi Author

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Aug 19, 2006 9:23 AM in response to iFelix

What do you mean? It's embeded in the Powerpoint file. But I think I opened it with IE on a PC, which separated the individual components. I believe the audio was a .wav file, if it matters.

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iFelix

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Aug 19, 2006 12:31 PM in response to aviavi

.wav files should work fine on a Mac, just tried some myself from Office for Windows on my Mac and they worked fine in PowerPoint for the Mac.

It might be worth asking the author of the PPT file what audio files they are.
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aviavi Author

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Aug 19, 2006 12:37 PM in response to iFelix

If you'd be willing to check out the file, I can email it to you.

My address is avbo@aim.com.

Thanks for your feedback and attention to this matter.

Avi

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