Macromedia breeze presenter User Manual

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Chapter 3:  Working with Audio
Paste
 lets you paste information from the Clipboard. (For example, if you select a section of 
the audio file, and then click Cut or Copy, Breeze Presenter places the selected audio on the 
Clipboard. You can then click Paste to place the audio back into any location within the audio 
file.)
Delete
 removes the selected portion of the audio file. 
Undo
 lets you undo the previous action.
Redo
 lets you redo the previous action.
Zoom In
 enlarges the waveform.
Zoom Out
 shrinks the waveform.
Record/Insert New Audio
 begins recording audio. (You will need a microphone.)
Play
 starts the audio file.
Pause
 temporarily stops the slide from playing. (Click Play to resume playing the audio file.)
Stop 
ends playback of the audio file.
Slide Number 
specifies the slide selected in the waveform. For example, slide 4 or 12.
Playhead 
specifies the selected location, in seconds, within an individual slide on the 
waveform. For example, if you are working with a slide that is 5 seconds long and you click in 
the middle of the slide on the waveform, this playhead area displays approximately 
00:00:02.500
Selected 
specifies the total playing time of the presentation, if no span of time is selected on 
the waveform. If you have selected a span of time on the waveform, this area displays the 
amount of time selected.
Scale 
specifies the scale at which the waveform is displayed. (To change the scale, click Zoom 
In or Zoom Out.)
4.
When you finish editing the audio file, click OK.
Using the Audio Editor
Breeze Presenter lets you edit the timing of audio files after you record or import them. Having 
control over the timing of audio files gives you the ability to use audio files of different lengths 
and incorporate them smoothly into presentations.
After you record or import an audio file, the file appears as a waveform in the Audio Editor dialog 
box. If your presentation contains multiple audio files, you can see which audio files are assigned 
to specific slides.
To edit audio timing:
1.
In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT file) containing audio files. 
2.
From the Breeze menu, select Audio Editor.
In the Audio Editor dialog box, Breeze Presenter displays any audio files incorporated into the 
presentation as waveforms. Slide numbers are shown along the top of the waveform so you can see 
exactly how the audio files are currently distributed across the slides. Breeze Presenter lets you 
import or create an audio file and then distribute that audio file across multiple slides.