Cannot get audio fade out to work

jmt356
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Cannot get audio fade out to work

Post by jmt356 »

I have a PPT presentation consisting of 32 slides that transition at 5 seconds each, for a total of 160 seconds (2 min., 40 seconds). I have a song that is 3:40 that I have cut down to 2:40 so that it ends when the PPT presentation ends. However, this leads the song to end abruptly.

I have thus added a 10-second fade under Audio Tools | Playback | Editing group. When I click the sound icon and preview the sound, it sounds good; at 2:30, the fade starts. However, when I play the PPT presentation, it does not fade out. It ends abruptly at 2:40.

What am I doing wrong?
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JMT

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HansV
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Re: Cannot get audio fade out to work

Post by HansV »

PowerPoint 2010's fade in/fade out only works for audio that plays during a single slide, not for audio that plays across multiple slides.
You can use the free audio editor Audacity to make the audio file fade out.
See PowerPoint 2010 New Sound Tools - What's Wrong With It?
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Hans

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Re: Cannot get audio fade out to work

Post by Rudi »

Wow....That is NOT cool!
I used to rave about the built in sound/video tools, but this certainly puts a damper on the "rave", even though I personally haven't had issues with it yet.
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Rudi

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