You can add sounds and movies to slide shows in Corel Presentations.
In this section, you'll learn about
working with sounds in slide shows
working with movies in slide shows
Working with sounds in slide shows
Once you have correctly installed and set up sound hardware on your computer, you can add Wave (.Wav) and Midi (.Mid) sound files to slides. You can add an entire CD track or only sections of a track to slides by choosing specific starting and stopping points.
You can also change the sound properties; for example, you can adjust the volume.
To insert a Wave and MIDI sound file into a slide
1 Click Insert Sound.
2 Click Browse beside one of the following boxes:
Wave
MIDI
3 Choose the drive and folder where the sound file is stored.
4 Type a filename in the Filename box.
5 Click Open.
Note
You can only play one .mid and one .wav file at the same time. You cannot play two sound files of the same type simultaneously.
Tip
To get the best results from the MIDI sound files that are included with Corel Presentations, make sure that your system is set up correctly for your sound card.
To add an entire CD track to a slide
1 Click Insert Sound.
2 Click Browse beside the CD box.
3 In the Slide CD-Audio dialog box, type a track description in the Description box.
4 Type the number of the CD track in the Track box.
To add part of a CD track to a slide
1 Click Insert Sound.
2 Click Browse beside the CD box.
3 In the Slide CD-Audio dialog box, type a description in the Description box.
4 Type the number of the CD track in the Track box.
5 Disable the From beginning check box.
6 In the Start location area, type a value in any of the following boxes:
Minutes
Seconds
Frames
7 Disable the To end check box.
8 In the End location area, type a value in any of the following boxes:
Minutes
Seconds
Frames
To add a sound to all the slides in a slide show
1 Click Insert Sound.
2 Enable the Apply to all slides in slide show check box.
You can also
Play a sound continuously during a slide show Enable the Loop sound check box.
Adjust the volume Move the slider to the left to decrease the volume, or move it to the right to increase the volume.
Save a sound within a slide show Enable the Save within slide show document check box.
Note
Saving the file in the slide show increases the slide show file size, but also ensures that the sound will be available for playback. Use this option if you want to create a portable slide show. For information about creating a portable slide show, see "Creating portable slide shows."
To record a sound file
1 Click Format Slide properties Sound.
2 Click Record.
3 In the Sound dialog box, click Record.
4 Click Stop when you finish recording.
To turn off a sound file
1 Click Insert Sound.
2 Click Browse beside any of the following boxes:
Wave
MIDI
3 Locate one of the following files:
Noteoff.wav-turns off a Wave file
@Noteoff.mid-turns off a Midi file
You can also Click Insert Sound, and...
Remove a WAVE file Click Insert Sound. Delete the file path in the Wave box.
Remove a MIDI file Click Insert Sound. Delete the file path in the MIDI box.
Working with movies in slide shows
You can add movies to slide shows in a variety of formats, including Animated GIF (.gif), Moving Pictures Experts Group (.mpeg), Audio Video Interleaved (.avi), and QuickTime (.mov and .qt).
Once you have added a movie to a slide show, you can change the movie file. You can also set the movie to play automatically, and you can delete a movie file from a slide show.
To add a movie file to a slide show
1 Click Insert Movie.
2 Choose the drive and folder where the file is stored.
If you want to save the movie within the slide show, enable the Save movie within slide show document check box.
3 Choose a file type from the File type list box.
4 Type a filename in the Filename box.
5 Click Insert.
Notes
To insert .mov and .mpeg movie files into Corel Presentations slide shows, you must install the required MCI driver.
Inserting a movie file into a slide show greatly increases the file size of the slide show.
Tip
You can play a movie within the slide show by clicking View Play movie or by clicking the Play movie button on the property bar.
To insert an animated GIF into a slide show
1 Click Insert Animated GIF.
2 Choose the drive and folder where the file is stored.
If you want to save the movie within the slide show, enable the Save movie within slide show document check box.
3 Type a filename in the Filename box.
4 Click Insert.
Note
An animated GIF displays correctly in Show It!, QuickPlay, or Show on the Go.
You can also play an animated GIF by double-clicking the GIF, or by right-clicking the GIF and clicking Play movie.
To change the movie file in a slide show
1 Right-click a movie, and click Movie properties.
2 Click Browse beside the Movie name box.
3 Choose the drive and folder where the file is stored.
4 Choose a file type from the File type list box.
5 Type a filename in the Filename box.
6 Click Insert.
You can also
Apply a movie border to the slide show Choose a border type from the Movie border list box.
Display the control panel while playing a slide show Enable the Display control panel when playing show check box.
Save the movie file within the slide show Enable the Save movie within slide show document check box.
Play the movie continuously Enable the Loop the movie for continuous play check box.
Tip
You can also change the movie file in a slide show by clicking the Movie properties button on the property bar.
To set a movie to play automatically
1 Right-click a movie, and click Movie properties.
2 Enable the Play movie check box.
3 Type a value in the Seconds after slide transition box.
You can also
Hide the movie when it is not playing Enable the Hide movie while not playing check box.
Set the movie to play only when clicked Enable the Play movie when clicked check box.
Tip
You can also set a movie to play automatically by clicking the Movie properties button on the property bar.
