Dave

Thanks for the ideas guys. Based on the number of projects embedded in my whole show, I don't have the time to edit all the mp3's and PTE's, and then debug for Q/A. I think I'll go with navigation bar and let the music end where it does. I have already done your first suggestion and edited the mp3 for length to match the slide show length, and put fade-outs in, but like you said, that will only be appreciated if the user lets the show run to the end. So be it for now. Thanks again for taking the time to help me solve these problems. Dave

You're right again. I tested sychronizing the music on "customize" across timed points, hoping that if I manually stopped a slide in the middle of the presentation that the software would move the music to the slide that it synchronized with at that pointin time. But of course, the navigation bar still didn't come up. Therefore, am I correct to assume that I have to make a trade off? If I want the navigation bar to allow my viewers to manually control the slide show, that I have to let the music end abruptly when the show ends? Otherwise, I can't figure out how to fade out the music at the last slide. This is my last bug to figure out, then I'm ready to burn CD's. Dave

I have Advanced, Show Navigation Bar checked, and certain buttons are selected. I have a Home (Main Menu) page screen with buttons that link to other projects. The Navigation bar appears on my Home page, but when other projects are selected through buttons, the navigation bar does not appear in those projects. When I run those projects directly (through Explorer) the navigation bar still does not appear. Dave

I downloaded Audacity and edited a fade out to the mp3's. Now I have another problem. No navigation bar. I'll write it up as a separate posting. Dave

Thanks for those ideas. It sounds like Guido's solution might be the easiest, so I'll try that first. But I will need to truncate my mp3 on that first slide. Know any good, freeware, mp3 editors? Dave

I am new to this but have created linked projects. I have a "main page" slide with object buttons that link to other projects (slideshows). I have one MP3 loaded at Project Options on the main page project. Each project linked through the buttons has one mp3 that is synchronized across the presentation of all slides within the project. The problem is that when a button on the main page is pressed, the main page music continues playing in the background while the music starts in the project selected, and the two mp3's continue to play simultaneously. The slides of the selected project present normally. I am using version 4.0. W98 OS. 400MhZ. 128 MB. The main page has a photo background and an mp3 inserted in Options. Options, Main, Show Settings - "Repeat show until ESC is pressed" radio button checked, and unchecked - no luck either way. No music synchronization turned on for the main page. Options, Music, "Repeat Music After Playing" checked, and unchecked - no luck either way. I have also tried moving the mp3 on the main page from the Project Options section to the Sound field under Slide List (under the Comment field). No luck. I have tried swapping out the mp3's for different tunes. No luck. I have uninstalled the software and reinstalled. No luck. I have searched the Forum here. No luck. Any help is appreciated. Dave