[libreoffice-users] Re: I can't get sound to play

Hi Tom,

Thank you very much for your reply. This means I can progress. I appreciate your help. 
Thank you for taking the time to answer.

Warm regards,
Ruth


On 17 Jul 2014, at 13:50, TomD [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] 
<ml-node+s969070n4115842h49@n3.nabble.com> wrote:

> Hi :) 
> The .pptX, .docX and such are notoriously unreliable.  The files should all 
> still have their sound and work properly if you play them using the same 
> version of MS Office that was used to create them, and on the same OS. 
> Using a different version of MS Office or any other program can mean the 
> documents are not displayed properly or function properly. 
>
> So, the client can probably play the files just fine. 
>
> If you can get back to where-ever the files were created and do 
> File - "Save As" 
> to save into the older MS Format  (ppt without the X at the end) then those 
> usually work fine on any relevant software on any platform. 
> Regards from 
> Tom :) 
>
>
>
>
> On 17 July 2014 07:42, whitewitchzita <[hidden email]> wrote: 
>
> > Hi everyone, 
> >
> > I am really hoping you can help me here. I am working on a MacBook Pro all 
> > up to date software . This morning I downloaded the latest version of 
> > Libreoffice and have opened a power point presentation file saved as a 
> > .pptx 
> > There is sound in each file. This is where I am having a problem. I have 
> > tried to play the sound and am not getting anywhere. I tried clicking on 
> > the 
> > sound icon and holding ctrl but there is no "play" option. I tried viewing 
> > the slide show in browser and starting from first slide and there is no 
> > sound or any option to play the sound. Has anyone encountered this before? 
> > If so do you know if there is a way to play the sound or is this file 
> > format 
> > incompatible with Libreoffice. I can get my client to resave her document 
> > if 
> > that would help. Is there anything else I can try. Thank you for your time 
> > and any advise you can offer me. 
> > Thank you 
> >
> > Warm regards, 
> > Ruth 
> >
> >
> >
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