How to: Change sound play settings.
Solution:
Select a sound object, and select 'Animation Settings...'.
NOTE: The 'Play Settings' command under the 'Tools' menu has been replaced with the 'Animation Settings' command under the 'Tools' menu.
1) Select a sound object.
2) Select the 'Tools' menu and select 'Animation Settings'. (The Animation Settings dialog box appears.)
3) Do one or more of the following to change the sound play settings:
a) Select the desired action from the 'Play Options' drop-down list box.
Sound Play Options
NOTE: The selections for sound objects are usually 'Don't Play', 'Play', 'Edit' and 'Open', depending on the type of sound selected.
b) Click 'More...'. (The More Play Options dialog box appears.)
NOTE: If 'Don't Play' is selected in step 3)a), 'More...' is dimmed.
c) Select the desired radio button from the 'Start' group.
Start group
NOTE: If the 'Automatically' radio button is selected, type the desired time.
d) Select the desired radio button option from the 'Playing media clips' group.
NOTE: The 'Playing media clips' group is ONLY available for certain sound objects and movie objects.
e) (Optional) If the 'Continue slide show, play in background' radio button is selected, do one of the following:
1] Select the 'Stop when this slide ends' radio button to stop the sound when the current slide ends.
2] Select the 'Stop after' radio button to stop the sound after a desired number of slides.
NOTE: If the 'Stop after' radio button is selected, type the desired number of slides after which to stop the sound.
'Stop after' radio button
f) (Optional) Select the 'Hide while not playing' check box to hide the sound object.
g) Click 'OK'. (The Animation Settings dialog box reappears.)
4) (Optional) Select the 'Build' option from the 'Build Options' drop-down list box.
Build Options
NOTE: If the 'Don't Build' option is selected, all other selections appeared dimmed.
5) (Optional) Select the 'Start when previous build ends' check box in the 'Build Options' group.
6) (Optional) Select the desired build effect from the first 'Effects' drop-down list box in the 'Effects' group.
Effects
7) (Optional) Select the desired sound to be played during build effect before the sound plays from the 'Sound' drop-down list box in the third 'Effects' group.
Sound Build Effects
NOTE 1: Use the scroll bar to access more sound choices.
NOTE 2: If selecting 'Other Sounds...', the 'Add Sound' dialog box appears, where a sound file can be located and selected from the hard drive or network to be played during the build effect.
8) Select when to play the sound object from the 'Build/Play object' drop-down list box.
Build /Play
9) (Optional) Select an action or color for the sound object after the sound occurs from the 'After Build Step' drop-down list box.
After Build Step
NOTE: If 'Other Color..' is selected from the 'After Build Step' drop-down list box, choose a standard or customized color not offered on the 'After Build Step' drop-down list box.
10) Click 'OK'.
NOTE: Click 'Cancel' to abort the sound play setting changes.
