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Can't trim audio nor can we make it fade and stop on subsequent slide as intended.

Anonymous
2010-12-07T18:43:17+00:00

We Can't shorten an inserted audio file (clip audio). Nor can we fade after a certain time. We have followed the instructions very carefully, and although the panel below the audio icon on the slide will play the shortened version, when we play as a slide show, the damn audio goes on past where we want it to fade and stop.

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-12-24T03:46:40+00:00

    I bet that it is playing across slides. There appears to be a bug where neither the Trim or Fade functions work if combined withe tick the box "play across slides". 100% replicatable. Wish it were patched already!! Where I am trying to use it is to do a slideshow for a 60th birthday with lots of photos and captions, and have snippets of music from various MP3 or WAV files fade in and out, but each snippet covering a number of slides. Thanks Andrew McKenzie  --- for the search crawlers. Powerpoint 2010 problem: Trim and Fade do not work with Playback Start option "play across slides"

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-08-15T10:02:25+00:00

    I agree with what PowerPoint "should" do in versions to come ... But as for now, you can use the free sound editing program Audacity to add a fade to a sound file. Then export it as MP3 from this program and insert into PowerPoint.

    Best,

    Ute

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-08-14T16:08:41+00:00

    Yes...you can Trim the song in iTunes, but you can't Fade it.  There's nothing more annoying than a song that just cuts off! 

    PowerPoint should be able to play across multiple slides AND retain its Trim/Fade settings.  This is an obvious "bug" that causes users to spend hours thinking they've done something wrong when the issue is actually a limitation in the PowerPoint software itself.  Please, Microsoft, fix this important issue!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-09-24T19:17:13+00:00

    I had this same issue; you can make the trim work by compressing the media. After you trim the wav. or MP3 file go to the File tab and click the "compress the media" button this will save the trim. It's a bit tedious but it works; I would agree it should be simplified.

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  5. Anonymous
    2012-02-15T15:17:50+00:00

    Thank you for this - I thought I was going crazy!

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