Audio background to select slides

I'm trying to add audio as a background to select slides in a project--not across the whole deck. There is other sound on some of the slides, and I want the audio to be background in this case. Is it possible to add sound as background across a few select slides and not the whole project? If so, how? thanks,dan

Captivate's Background Audio feature only works across the entire project. If you want to add background audio across a selected group of slides you can try adding the audio to an object on the first slide where you want the audio to appear and timing that object duration to be rest of project. Make sure the object is set to 0% Alpha so that it will be invisible, even though it's assigned audio will still be heard. If you time the audio clip on this object properly you should be able to fudge the effect you want.

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How can I can add background music to selected slides only? Also, when I add recorded voice to selected slides, the presentation starts from the slide from which the recording started and not from the first one of the presentation. Are there answers to both these questions?

Gilda,
The only way to add selected music/voice narration to individual slides is to place the audio files on the individual slides and set a build to Start Audio or Start Movie.
Music files can either be from your Media Browser Audio or from other files that are in your Finder. Simply drag and drop on the slide. Select the audio object on the slide to assign Satrt Audio/Movie builds.
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This information and more can be found in the downloadable Keynote '09 User Guide available from your Keynote Help Menu.

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I can easily do this for one slide, but when I Shift-click to
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option, the dialog shows me an Adjust Volume option that adjusts
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Hi boonedogr and welcome to our community
In the words of Yoda: Hmmm, seems a bug we have found!
So here is how to make it stick.
1. Click Audio > Edit timing... and you should see the
"Edit Audio Timing" dialog.
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produce the "Insert Silence" dialog.
3. Change the "Insert" field so it reflects 0.001seconds of
silence.
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you can insert and it should have absolutely no discernable effect
on your movie.
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boost dynamics and whatnot.
5. Make adjustments as desired.
6. Click OK to dismiss the Adjust Volume dialog.
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I've looked everywhere for what ought to be a simple answer
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narrator going at the same time. Or I've got the same audio track
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another narrated track. Surely there's got to be a way to do
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spjarrell, sorry to see you are unhappy but it looks to me
like it is just a case of frustration with your own level of
expertise. Osmosis is hardly ever the best way to handle the
learning curve for new software. You have to actually put forth an
effort, do some study, and - probably most important, don't be
afraid to ask questions right here.
Did you notice that Adobe Community Expert Rick gave Wilma a
full and complete solution to her problem? What made you think this
program would be similar in any way to something you owned seven
years ago? Did someone tell you this is "Just like Flash was back
in 2000?". If so, you need to change your vendors because this one
is lying to you.
I'll help with your only question, to wit ...
quote:
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you want - these are a few that come immediately to mind, and
hopefully will be of some help to you.
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solution
before condemning the product. Most user issues are just a
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Hello,
I have a complexe presentation with several slides.
It's impossible to add audio for each slide in my case.
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When my project is exported, the functions play and stop are
ok.
But when i use function back or forward, it always work with
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That is the purpose of the background audio.
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