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Chapter 3: Using the Macromedia Breeze Plug-In for PowerPoint
Insert audio
Select the location where you want to add audio by clicking on the audio
waveform. You should see a blinking vertical cursor at that location. Click Record (at the lower
left corner) to open the Record Narration dialog box. When you are ready to begin recording,
click Record in the Record Narration dialog box. When you have finished, click the Stop icon,
and then click OK. The new audio is inserted at the location you selected.
left corner) to open the Record Narration dialog box. When you are ready to begin recording,
click Record in the Record Narration dialog box. When you have finished, click the Stop icon,
and then click OK. The new audio is inserted at the location you selected.
Note: Macromedia Breeze recommends using the Calibrate button in the Record Narration window
prior to recording to improve your audio quality.
prior to recording to improve your audio quality.
Replace audio
Select the section of audio you would like to replace. The selected section
should be highlighted in black. Click Record (at the lower left corner) to open the Record
Narration dialog box. When you are ready to begin recording, click Record in the Record
Narration dialog box. When you have finished, click the Stop icon and then click OK. The new
audio replaces the audio in the selected section.
Narration dialog box. When you are ready to begin recording, click Record in the Record
Narration dialog box. When you have finished, click the Stop icon and then click OK. The new
audio replaces the audio in the selected section.
Note: Macromedia recommends using the Calibrate button n the Record Narration dialog box prior
to recording to improve your audio quality.
to recording to improve your audio quality.
Delete audio
Select the section you would like to delete by clicking and holding the mouse
button at the starting position and dragging to the end location—the selected area should be
highlighted in black. To delete the selected audio, click Cut or press Delete on your keyboard.
The selected audio is erased.
highlighted in black. To delete the selected audio, click Cut or press Delete on your keyboard.
The selected audio is erased.
Moving animation markers
After you have recorded your audio and set animation timings, you may still need to do minor
editing to get the animation to occur at the correct time. There are several ways to change the
timing of an animation—you can re-record your audio, use the Set Timings command, or use the
Breeze plug-in graphical editor. The Edit Audio dialog box allows you to graphically change the
timing of an animation marker.
editing to get the animation to occur at the correct time. There are several ways to change the
timing of an animation—you can re-record your audio, use the Set Timings command, or use the
Breeze plug-in graphical editor. The Edit Audio dialog box allows you to graphically change the
timing of an animation marker.
The Edit Audio dialog box graphically displays all the audio for your presentation. If you are
using mouse-click animations, they automatically appear in the audio file. Your animation
markers appear with a blue header and have a dashed vertical blue line with the text “Click #,”
where # designates the click number in that specific slide. Please note the following restrictions on
handling animation markers:
using mouse-click animations, they automatically appear in the audio file. Your animation
markers appear with a blue header and have a dashed vertical blue line with the text “Click #,”
where # designates the click number in that specific slide. Please note the following restrictions on
handling animation markers:
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You cannot add or delete animation markers manually: they are automatically generated from
the presentation. To add or delete animation markers, you must use the appropriate
PowerPoint commands. For more information, see your PowerPoint documentation.
the presentation. To add or delete animation markers, you must use the appropriate
PowerPoint commands. For more information, see your PowerPoint documentation.
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You cannot move animation markers beyond slide boundaries or adjacent animations.
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Several animation markers can appear (be stacked) in the same location. Look at the top of the
marker—it will look overlapped if markers are stacked.
marker—it will look overlapped if markers are stacked.
To move an animation marker:
1.
From the Breeze menu, select Edit Audio.
2.
In the Edit Audio dialog box, go to the slide and animation you would like to change.
3.
Drag the marker to the appropriate location.