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PowerPoint and Presenting News: April 27, 2021

If you are using an online meeting service, you may not realize that these meetings are not always straightforward and stress-free for people living with neurodiversities and disabilities. Kellie McCord from Toastmasters International explains more. We also bring you a special offer for the upcoming CreativePro Week and Click conference.

PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users can learn how to play music across slides. We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.

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Sound Across Slides in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows

After inserting an audio file such as a music file within your PowerPoint presentation, do you want to play music that loops continuously in your presentation, without any interruption as you move from one slide to another? You must ensure that the music clip you are using is suitable for this purpose. A soft music clip that spans across your slides can make the flow between slides smooth, as long as the sound is not jarring or distracting for your audience.

Loop an audio clip to play across slides in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows.

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Sound Across Slides in PowerPoint 2019 for Mac

Do you want to play music that loops continuously in your presentation, without any interruption as you move from one slide to another? Yes, this is a great feature but it has its caveats. Not only can a looping music audio make the audience inattentive, but the speaker will be at a distinct disadvantage too, trying to compete with the audio clip for the audience’s attention. Yet, if you are showing a bunch of successive slides that include pictures, and no speaker is accompanying the slides, then, adding a music clip to span across slides may be a good idea.

Loop an audio clip to play across slides in PowerPoint 2019 for Mac.

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Sound Across Slides in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

Not only can a looping music audio make the audience inattentive, but the speaker will be at a distinct disadvantage too, trying to compete with the audio clip for the audience’s attention. Yet, if you are showing a bunch of successive slides that include pictures, and no speaker is accompanying the slides, then, adding a music clip to span across slides may be a good idea.

Loop an audio clip to play across slides in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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How to Improve Your Online Meetings So You Are Inclusive

By Kellie McCord, Toastmasters International

Over the last 12 months, many of us have become dab hands at participating in or hosting online meetings. Take Zoom for example (other cloud-based video conferencing services are available). If you are hosting a meeting, you merely log in, click a few buttons, send out the invites, admit people as they arrive, and off you go. This may seem easy. And it is for the majority of us.

However, human minds produce an infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning, and for many people living with neurodiversities and disabilities, online interaction is not always straightforward and stress-free. But the good news for hosts of webinars or any other online gathering is that there are a few simple things that can help make the experience easier for more people.

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