Bingo. The key is to head to Effects and set the sound to stop after XXX slides. And be sure to check "continue slide show." As an FYI, PPT considers each transition -- whether backwards or forwards -- a slide when calculating when to stop the sound. So if there's a possibility you will return to a slide but still want the sound to play throughout the entire show, I'd recommend cranking that number as high as it will go. (999 is the highest, I think.) Sorry to be late with this. Been gone a week and just got back into town. -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri" <terri.lew@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 3:02 PM Subject: [mso] Re: PP Music....Echo? > This come straight from PP 2002 help files > In the Custom Animation task pane, click the arrow on the selected item in the Custom Animation list, and then click Effect Options. > On the Effect tab, under Stop playing, do one of the following: > To stop the sound file on mouse-click of the slide, select On click (the default). > To stop the sound file after this slide, click After current slide. > To keep the sound file playing for several slides, click After, and then set the total number of slides the file should play on. ************************************************************* PLEASE READ!!!! You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject line that says "unsubscribe" (without the quotes). Do not put unsubscribe IN CAPS. Screaming doesn't get you out any faster and the caps prevent the function from working. To change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail), visit the group's homepage for full instructions. //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. *************************************************************