Cannot find Play Settings under Tools menu because it no longer exists.
Cause:
The 'Play Settings' command under the 'Tools' menu no longer exists.
Solution:
The 'Play Settings' command under the 'Tools' menu has been replaced with the 'Animation Settings...' command under the 'Tools' menu.
Do one of the following to use the play settings:
1) To use the play settings:
a) Select an object other than a Picture object.
b) Select the 'Tools' menu and select 'Animation Settings...'. (The Animation Settings dialog box appears.)
c) Select the desired play option from the 'Play Options' drop-down list box.
Play Options
NOTE 1: The 'Play Options' group is available to all objects except Picture objects.
NOTE 2: The selections for movie and sound objects are usually 'Don't Play', 'Play', 'Edit' and 'Open'. The selection for clip art is 'Replace'. The selections for most other objects are 'Edit' and/or 'Open'.
d) (Optional) Click 'More'. (The More Play Options dialog box appears.)
NOTE: If 'Don't Play' is selected in step 1)c), 'More...' appears dimmed.
e) Select the desired radio button from the 'Start' group.
Start group
NOTE: If the 'Automatically' radio button is selected, type the desired time.
f) Select the desired radio button option from the 'Playing media clips' group.
Playing media group
NOTE: The 'Playing media clips' group is ONLY available for certain sound objects and movie objects.
g) (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 movie when the current slide ends.
2] Select the 'Stop after' radio button to stop the movie 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 movie.
'Stop after' radio button
h) (Optional) Select the 'Hide while not playing' check box to hide the movie object.
i) Click 'OK'. (The Animation Settings dialog box reappears.)
j) The following steps are optional and do not directly relate to manipulating the 'Play Settings':
1] (Optional) Select build option from the 'Build Options' drop-down list box.
NOTE: If 'Don't Build' is selected from the 'Build Options' drop-down list box, all other selections appeared dimmed.
2] (Optional) Select the 'Start when previous build ends' check box in the 'Build Options' group.
3] (Optional) Select the desired build effect from the first drop-down list box in the 'Effects' group.
Build Effects
4] (Optional) Select the desired sound to be played during the build effect from the third drop-down list box in the 'Effects' group.
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.
5] (Optional) Select when to build the object from the 'Build this object' drop-down list box.
Build this object
6] (Optional) Select an action or a color for after the build 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.
7] Click 'OK'.
NOTE: Click 'Cancel' to abort the changes.
