Powerpoint music problem

I wonder if someone can help me. In the past, I've received some lovely Powerpoint shows (.pps) in email with music. They open full screen as soon as I click on the link in the email. I've been trying to do something similar for a first time. I've read everything I could find about doing it and have it pretty much figured out... except...... the music is a problem. I wanted to have an MP3 from my hard drive to accompany the slide show. And, of course, the MP3 will play just fine on my computer but won't work when I send it to someone.

So.... I read about using the program called Cdex to convert the MP3 to WAV file that could be embedded in the show. I downloaded that progranm converted the file.. and put the music file in the same folder as the show, etc, as advised. Also increased the maximum size of the music file as recommended in the settings of Powerpoint. I created a totally new .pps with the new wav file but the music won't even play on MY computer now doing it that way when I try to view the show. I'm obviously doing something wrong. I'm using Powerpoint 2000 and the CDex version is 150 (I learned that 151 won't work with Windows98 which is what I have).

Does anyone have any idea what I might be doing wrong.. ???? I'd really appreciate any tips you might have. Sorry about such a long message but I'm trying to make sure I'm clear about my problem.

Thank you......

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  • RE: Powerpoint music problem
    ... Make sure all your music files are in the same folder as your ppt ... I wanted to have an MP3 from my hard drive to ... > file as recommended in the settings of Powerpoint. ... > new .pps with the new wav file but the music won't even play on MY ...
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  • Re: Emailing a 10.9 MB pps file
    ... If your going to go back to MP3, then put the MP3 file into the same folder ... MS MVP - PowerPoint ... "Michael Koerner" wrote: ... Select the wav file you want to edit. ...
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  • Re: Embedding music in PPS
    ... You can convert your wav file from sterero to mono to halve the size. ... You can also convert the wav to mp3, but then use CDex to make powerpoint ... a final PPS of 28MB! ...
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  • RE: How do I email a PowerPoint slide show with music?
    ... RIFF-WAV header onto the mp3, and gives you a wav file that is the same size ... type, click on the dropdown list, scroll down and look for PowerPoint Show ... I created a PowerPoint slide show with music but cannot email it because the ...
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  • Re: adding a sound file that plays throughout the entire presentation.
    ... Convert the wav file to MP3 ... I'm pretty sure MP3 are OK with powerpoint 2000 onwards ... > that converting the music to a wav file turns it into a 30 mb monster. ... Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote ...
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