Hep needed with slide show in PowerPoint

Although it might sound weird, PowerPoint presentations made with software of that vintage might run better if you save them as PDFs and run in Acrobat Reader DC (or whatever).

That is a general point, not an answer to your specific issue.

I was going to say something similar.

That is an old version of Powerpoint. Not sure whether the newer ones are better. Brian

Suggestion for song to play in powerpoint presentations. Being Boring by Pet Shop Boys. I do have a love hate relationship with that software, but one happy thing is now I'm blind I don't have to watch them! Brian

still seems do-able

Thanks Andy but I dont have access to that version. As in original message I'm using 2003.

Mike

Then there must be a fault in my old version of PowerPoint as that is exactly the same as I have been doing:-(

Mike

If you're willing to share the material (ie the .ppt and audio files) with me I'm willing to see what Powerpoint 2010 makes of them - or come to think of it 2016 which I think we have on a laptop. My reply to address works for DM.

When I was working, once or twice a year we had "Death by Powerpoint" presentations from top management. They all seemed very uncomfortable talking to the workforce and insisted on putting every word they wanted to say on the Powerpoint slides. They then proceeded to read the slides on the screen as though they had never seen the content before in their whole lives.

Couldn't you just have the sound playing from another program while you show the PowerPoint file?

Thanks for the offer. Ive now used a workaround to do what I wanted.

Mike

That is exactly how I have overcome the problem, thanks.

Mike

For slide shows ... found ProShow Gold much better - you can get free demo version