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Adding Sounds To your Presentations: Some Quick Reminders

This article reprinted with permission from All 'Bout Computers.

An issue that has been on the boards lately is adding sounds to your presentation. There are a few basic rules to keep in mind when using sounds in PowerPoint:

• All sound files are linked unless they are WAV files
• WAV files are only imbedded up to the size defined on the Tools->Option window
• The default maximum size for imbedding WAV files is 10,000K
• The actual maximum size for imbedding WAV files is 50,000K
• You cannot fade, edit, or merge sounds natively in PowerPoint
• If you are using sound files other than WAVs, put them in your presentation directory, then insert them

All is not lost on the sound front. Chirag Dalal has developed an addin to allow you to change the volume of your sounds while your presentation is running. Check out the Volume Control add-in at his site. (By the way, Chirag is one of the  Microsoft MVP's for PowerPoint.)