Slides Not Advancing Automatically

Question

I've successfully completed multiple PowerPoint presentations with voice-over and converted to video using the technique referenced below, but this current one is not working.  I'm using PowerPoint 365 on Windows 10 and I'm current on software updates.

I'm recording voice-over individually on each slide using Insert > Audio.  I then use Slide Show > Rehearse Timings, to set the timing on each slide.  Transitions > Timing > Advance Slide > "On Mouse Click" is NOT checked and "After" IS checked.  The box next to After displays the recorded timing on the slide.  Set Up Slide Show > Show Type: I've tried both "Presented by a Speaker (Full Screen)" and "Browsed by a Kiosk (Full Screen)" with no positive result.  Set Up Slide Show > Advance Slides: "Using timings, if present" IS checked.

Here is what is happening:

1. When I start the show, the audio plays on the first slide but the slide does not advance per the set timing.  Clicking my mouse has no effect but wait about a minute and it will advance automatically.
2. Same thing on the second slide but it takes about 1.5 minutes to advance automatically.
3. Slides 3 thru 6 are all one slide in a manual presentation, opening with one graphic present on the slide and three additional graphics subsequently animated in, but to record voice individually with each animation, the slides have to be duplicated into four slides, each with a new graphic animated into the slide as they transition so with each new slide transition, there is a .5 sec delay, then the graphic animates onto the slide.
4. This is the odd part; the transitions and animations occur automatically as established by the slide timing but then when I get to slide 7, where there is no animation, I get the same failure to auto-advance.

I've scoured the web and found only one potentially significant post on BrainShark at https://brainshark.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003692912-Slides-Not-Automatically-Advancing, but cannot locate the tabs and menu items they reference so I can only assume they are referring to a different version of PP.

Any and all guidance would be appreciated.

Answer 1

It looks like you are not the original poster but are hijacking the thread. This will not get you an answer. Start a new thread and explain exactly what YOUR problem is.

Answer 2

Hi Larry,

There are others who frequent this forum with much more knowledge of PowerPoint. I have advanced knowledge of Word. However, no one has responded in three hours. As a fellow user, I am willing to take a crack at it but really have no good off-hand suggestions.

The only way I can do it though is with a copy of your presentation. The usual way is to save it on OneDrive or DropBox and post a link here. However, that is a public link. You would need to remove any proprietary or private information first.

You could also send the link to my email. If you do, please include a link to this thread in the email. The advantage of doing that is it will not be posted publicly. The disadvantage is that I would be the only one who would have access to it to help you. Or, you can wait for someone else who may be able to tell you what to do without looking at it or trying to reproduce it on their own system.

Answer 3

Thanks for your offer of assistance and please excuse the delayed response, this is the first time I've needed to use this forum for support so I'm new to the process.

I have attached a link to my presentation in a Google Drive folder.  The presentation is for public consumption anyway so I have no problem making the link public.  Please let me know if I can provide additional information.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-QXjcQh0jNtwg\_y9AvQadQNwSqnUqkjh

Answer 4

It wants permission.

Answer 5

Check the Automatically After setting | Duration textbox.

See if it's mistakenly (by PPT, not you) set to some crazy long value.

Someone else has reported this as a possible bug.  Maybe it's what's bitten you too?