Hide the sound icon in PPT2003 and PPT2007 slides

When you insert a sound into a PowerPoint slide, you see a sound icon that appears on the slide during presentation and hides it if you feel that it affects the appearance of the slide.

Right-click the toolbar and choose picture to open the Picture toolbar. Select the sound icon, click the Add Brightness button on the Picture toolbar, and after multiple clicks, the sound icon disappears from the slide.

This technique works well for presentations that are white in background, and when you drag a sound icon out of a slide show, you don't see the icon or the user's use of the demo.