I have looked at the response(s) posted at "http://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?t=635750" but both are based on the WAV file being a external file in a directory vs the embeded file that was mentioned. I am working on a project with the same needs. If the WAV can be stopped by selecting it then pressing ESC (with the keys) I would assume that those simple keystrokes could be executed from a macro. The "sendkeys" command for "ESC" works on other code, but not on stopping the file from playing. It is like the command is ignored.