Need Powerpoint Help

[Rakewell]

Hi all,

I've been banging my head against the web, and cannot find anything on this, and I have no GD clue why.

Put simply,

I have a 32 minute audio presentation that I am trying to sync with a powerpoint slide presentation: I need to find an *easy* way (if possible) to put in chapters in the presentation, where each slide coincides with a bookmark in the audio file. So when one clicks on the file, the presentation begins with the audio, and each slide progresses according to the bookmarks that have been created with the audio file.

Does this make any sense?

Can someone please tell me how to do this?

Thanks-

Rakewell

 

[C1]

Not sure what you mean exactly when you say "clicks on the file". Do you mean click on the hyperlink in the PPT?

Ive had to pad the sound files using a wave editor to sync with the slide presentation. It's not very hard to do if there are not a lot of them (ie, pads needed). Just start the PPT while the audio plays in the wave editor and estimate the PAD. You can insert the PAD in real time and reiterate the process. It's not as bad as it sounds. Some PADs you'll get the first time and 90% are done with no more than three passes needed.

 

[gsaldivar]

Alternatively, you can cut the audio file into several smaller files which can be linked individually to each page of your presentation. i.e. when the user clicks slide #10, the presentation plays "audiopage10.mp3".

 

[postmark]

On the Transition ribbon in PPT, there is a timing section. Just put in the transition time to the next slide on each page. Just see the difference between the bookmarks in your music player, and put that number for each slide in PPT. Should be good to go.

 

[rasczak]

Alternatively, you can cut the audio file into several smaller files which can be linked individually to each page of your presentation. i.e. when the user clicks slide #10, the presentation plays "audiopage10.mp3".

A little more work, but this would be the better option imo.

 

[postmark]

A little more work, but this would be the better option imo.

I'm thinking that he wants seemless transitions, meaning you don't have to click next. Which means that you would still need to go through and set a timer on each slide. So if that's the case, why bother splitting the audio file?

 

[gsaldivar]

I'm thinking that he wants seemless transitions, meaning you don't have to click next. Which means that you would still need to go through and set a timer on each slide. So if that's the case, why bother splitting the audio file?

Imagine the pain if you have to edit some of the audio for slide number two. If you have a single large audio file, all your subsequent audio cues have now shifted...

If each slide is a separate audio file, they can be individually cued, reorganized, edited, etc. Also, if you change stuff down the road, you can easily delete only the outdated audio files and add new ones as needed.