How to embed Flash in ppt:
Embedding Flash Animation into Powerpoint
If you're a flash user or if you've got a .swf movie you want to include
in PowerPoint here's how you do it:
- Create and save your movie in Flash as a .swf file.
- Take note of the path where you saved it.
- In PowerPoint 97 or 2000, create a new slide.
- From the VIEW menu, scroll down to TOOLBARS and choose VISUAL BASIC.
- From the Visual Basic Toolbar, click on the CONTROL TOOLBOX icon.
- From the CONTROL TOOLBOX, select MORE CONTROLS icon.
- From the scrolldown list, choose SHOCKWAVE FLASH OBJECT.
- Your cursor will change to a cross hair cursor. Draw out a rectangle on
your slide (size can be re-adjusted later).
- Right click on the rectangle you just drew and choose PROPERTIES.
- Under the Alphabetic tab, make the following changes:
- EMBED MOVIE - Change to TRUE
- LOOP - Change to FALSE (leave TRUE if you want movie to loop).
- MOVIE - type in the absolute path of your file (eg. c:\your_directory\movie_
name.swf)
Tip: if the .swf is in the same folder as the PowerPoint file then all
you need to type is the movie_name.swf
- Run slide show to see movie run. Make any size adjustments as necessary.
Note: I've recently discovered that if the flash movie is scripted to stop
playing rather than loop or repeat then this command appears to be passed
to PowerPoint - this results in the play command being reset to false. The
simple solution is to remove the offending command, alternatively you'll have
to save the presentation with play set to true and not run it again until
ready to present - it'll only run once and will need resetting before it'll
work again!
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