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powerpoint question

clevohardcore - 3-6-2012 at 12:17 AM

Why would the audio I have loaded onto some pages always fucking delete? I saved that shit over and over and over. Every time I try and submit my assignment to my professor it is constantly gone. All I get it a question mark next to the audio symbol. What the fuck am I doing wrong. Its an assignment for sixth graders I am student teaching. This fucking sucks because it was a cool presentation that involves making a song with tracks from garageband. ITS FUCKING PISSING ME OFF.

BDx13 - 3-6-2012 at 07:16 AM

how big / what type / how many files are you trying to embed?

my guess would be that it has something to do with the way the file is being saved. check options when saving for something like embed audio/video.

Six66Mike - 3-6-2012 at 08:13 AM

Yeah sounds like it's linking to the audio file instead of embedding it. If you can't embed it, save the ppt and audio file in the same folder, update the link, then zip/rar it and send him both :D

clevohardcore - 3-6-2012 at 09:15 AM

I linked the songs from itunes straight to the powerpoint. The speaker icon plays as soon as I bring up the page. It plays and works for a while, but then it fucking disappears. The stupid ass question mark next to the speaker is mocking me.

I was thinking about this morning. Should I save the songs somewhere else instead of linking them directly from itunes? Is that my problem?

BDx13 - 3-6-2012 at 10:52 AM

might be. try putting the audio files (mp3s) you want to use directly in the same folder as the ppt presentation itself, then save it all.

clevohardcore - 3-6-2012 at 11:33 AM

I saved to desktop. Then zipped them each. Then dragged them to each page I used them on. The icon seems to be working better. The songs are on. I will post it here to see how it looks before I submit. Keep in mind this is for 6th grade students.

Its a hyperlink presentation quiz about the first 5 U.S. Presidents. I've never done this before so I'm digging it. Technology in the classroom. Who knew?

1. Choose the right answer and begin to create a song.
2. Each right answer adds an instrument to the song.
3. After the fifth answer your song is complete.
4. If you answer wrong I added a song there too.

CR83 - 3-6-2012 at 01:59 PM

Quote: Originally posted by BDx13  
might be. try putting the audio files (mp3s) you want to use directly in the same folder as the ppt presentation itself, then save it all.


this is your answer. The source of the audio is on your computer. The "link" is pointing to the file location on your machine. When e-mail it and your teacher opens it, it still looks for the location on your computer.