PowerPoint 2007 starts all sound files simultaneously on a slide.


PowerPoint plays all sound files on a slide as "start with previous" even though the setting is "start after previous." The files are .mp3 and are linked.
Only work-around is to put a slide delay timer for each slide. Anyway to get PPT to behave? Thanks.

Using the timing delay, I can delay the start of only the second sound file. However, when it starts, so do two more (I have a total of four on this slide). Quite the cacophony. There must be a way!

That doesn't happen on 2007 here so:

Is 2007 fully updated to SP3?
Were the sounds added in this version?
Can you post a sample slide somewhere?

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Thanks for your interest.
Here is a new test slide using MS Office 2007 SP3. I put in five very short sfx. They all go off at once even the start is after previous. Your input will be appreciated. Link to it at
https://www.hightail.com/download/Ul...Q1JubVhIRHNUQw

Thanks.

Mis-clicked the wrong file, sending the pptx without with sound files to the drop box. Oops. Not very helpful. Sigh. Embarrassing.
Use this link:

https://www.hightail.com/download/Ul...NDQ4aU9VQU1UQw .

Once again, thanks for the insights.

Strange. With your sample the advanced time line in 2007 shows the sounds all starting together even though they are set to After Previous. In my copy of 2007 all I did was select all but the first animation, change to WITH Previous and then back to AFTER Previous and the timeline reverted to what it should have been.

Download the result here

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