[dba-Tech] PowerPoint: Linking versus Embedding sound files

Don't know if it converts.  I gotten the advice to convert it before 
inserting.  Now all I have to do is convert it.  Somehow.  There's gotta be 
some software on my box that'll do that.

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" 
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Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] PowerPoint: Linking versus Embedding sound files


> On 20 May 2005 at 7:56, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access S wrote:
>
>> Dear List:
>>
>> I want to embed two mp3 files in my powerpoint presentation.  On
>> Tools-->Options-->General Tab I raised the Link sounds with file size
>> greater than: to 5000 kb which is larger than either of the two mp3 files
>> I'm inserting.  But it still links instead of embedding.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
> Just a WAG, but does Powerpoint convert the MP3 to raw WAV before
> embedding? If so the resulting file to embed is possibly more than your
> limit.-- 
> Stuart
>
>
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