Note: This technique was last tested using PowerPoint 2003–yes, this is a very old post!
Also, this seems to work in PowerPoint 2007 as well, but fails in PowerPoint 2010 and higher because the sound stops playing when you step into a custom show.
This technique assumes you know how to loop sound across slides in PowerPoint.
When you loop the presentation using the options in Slide Show | Set Up Show, you’ll find that the music starts again on the first slide whenever the presentation is looping. To overcome this problem, here is a solution:
PowerPoint MVP Glenna Shaw helped with this answer.
Plus, there’s a sample file for this technique that you can download from Glenna’s site. The sample is called Loop Sounds.
When you run the slideshow, Slide 1 will start the music and you’ll need to click on the Action Object or Hyperlink to start the custom show. From that point on, the presentation should loop through Slide 2 to the Last Slide without resetting the music (unless you have some other sound stop it between Slide 2 and the Last Slide). If you saved it as a PowerPoint Show (PPS or PPSX), the whole thing will close neatly when you press Esc.
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