PPT98: Error, Wrong Sound File Plays When Playing from CD-ROM
Article ID: 183911
Article Last Modified on 10/3/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q183911
SYMPTOMS
When playing a sound file in Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition, the
wrong sound file may play or you may receive the following error message:
PowerPoint cannot perform the requested operation because the
associated multimedia file is invalid or corrupt.
CAUSE
This error occurs when you link to a sound file stored on a compact disk.
This error does not occur if you embed the sound file in your presentation
or when you link to a file on other media.
RESOLUTION
Embed the sound file in your presentation or copy the sound file to the
local hard disk drive and then create a link to it.
MORE INFORMATION
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug kbsound kbpending KB183911