You can add a pause sound action and set it as a trigger animation.

To add the pause, select the sound icon, then go to Animations tab and click
Custom Animation to open the Animation Pane. In the pane, click Add Effect |
Sound Actions | Pause. This will create a pause action in the pane that
starts on mouse click. Problem is, that's a random mouse click. You want it
to start *when you click the sound icon specifically*.

For that, you need a trigger animation. Here are instrux how to create a
trigger: http://www.echosvoice.com/triggers.htm

You'll want the trigger animation to "start effect on click of sound
name."

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"Robster61" wrote in message
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HEllo, my wife receives a powerpoint 2007 presentation from her teacher.
It
has a sound icon. When she clicks the sound icon it does pause but when
when
she clicks it again, it starts back from the beginning. Is there anyway we
can alter this presentation to add a pause button or change something to
allow this sound icon to pause and resume from that point instead of
returning to the beginning? Thanks.

Robert