PowerPoint 2010 Technical Preview

re: PowerPoint 2010 Technical Preview

Chris L. — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:56:17 GMT

I am trying to make a video from a PowerPoint 2010 presentation that has a looping sound file - .wav format. When I play the video, the sound stops midway through the second slide. I've tried .mid sound files, but they don't play at all in the video. Any suggestions would be really appreciated:)

re: PowerPoint 2010 Technical Preview

Allen Huang — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:18:59 GMT

@PresMech - Yes, you'll be able to layer shapes/text and other content on top of videos now in PowerPoint 2010. Thanks for your comment, Michael!

re: PowerPoint 2010 Technical Preview

PresMech — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:44:45 GMT

I have downloaded but yet installed the Office beta. Does PowerPoint 2010 now allow a video to be played with text and other PowerPoint objects on top of it? I would like to use video backgrounds with slide content on top. Looking forward to your response. Thank you, Michael

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Allen Huang — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:43:29 GMT

@mike: I tried to create the video, and it seems to work okay. I sent you an email with the created video. Your problem seems to be either version-specific (in which case, we've fixed it) or machine-specific. We'll keep investigating, but do keep us posted if you find it works on a different computer. Thanks for all your help, it's much appreciated.

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mike — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:23:11 GMT

Allen,

thanks. i got the file. i see you inserted the audio. i used the share feature to create a video file again but still no audio? the process is pretty straight forward from the menu prompts so i can't believe it's possible for the user/me to be doing something in the wrong order is there? i am going to try it on a different machine today and will let you know the outcome. thanks

re: PowerPoint 2010 Technical Preview

Allen Huang — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:08:12 GMT

@mike - I sent you back an email. We don't support saving out sounds associated with the transition to video. The best way to do what you're looking for is to insert the sound directly to the slide. I emailed you back your slides with an updated file. Let me know if that works for you! Sorry for any frustration!

re: PowerPoint 2010 Technical Preview

mike — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:16:18 GMT

i sent you a link to the file and hope you are able to find a solution. this has driven me crazy

re: PowerPoint 2010 Technical Preview

Allen Huang — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:03:24 GMT

@mike - Can you try YouSendIt(yousendit.com) or Windows Live SkyDrive (skydrive.live.com)?

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mike — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:29:51 GMT

yes i tried that and reran the process without success. i would send you the file but it's 125 mb. any suggestions on a way to send it? it's too big to attach to an email. thanks

mike

re: PowerPoint 2010 Technical Preview

Allen Huang — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:11:01 GMT

@mike - Mike, have you tried running the "Optimize compatibility" command from under the File area? Give that a try and let us know how it goes. If that doesn't work, feel free to send me an email (allhuan AT microsoft DOT com) with a way to access your file. We're very interested in trying to figure out what's wrong here, and that's the best way for us to diagnose. Thanks!