Smart shape not stopping audio

Hi there
I have created a few smart shapes to act as buttons and I've some narrative at the beginning of the slide. the smart shapes are used as tabs on a folder that reveals text depending on which smart shape (button) you click. However the narrative is not stopping even though I have clicked the option to do so.
any ideas.
cheers
Julie

Julie,
Where did you click "the option to do so."?
Normally an audio clip that started playing will continue. And I suppose that you attached the audio to the slide, not to an object? For object audio, this wlll pause (stop) if you hide the object. Have a look at:
http://lilybiri.posterous.com/audio-objects-control-them
Since you talk about Smart shapes, you are on CP6, hope you installed the patch released 22th of Ocober (present release is 6.0.1.240)
In CP6 there is another way: if you start playing an audio clip, using the action 'Play Audio (from Action panel or from an Advanced Action), you can stop that same clip using the statement 'Stop Triggered Audio'). However this will work only for the audio clip you started that way, and only for one clip. If you start playing a second clip with 'Play Audio' the first clip will automatically be stopped. Maybe that could offer you a solution?
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