How to Insert Flash into PowerPoint 2007

By William Peterson

PowerPoint 2007 PowerPoint 2007

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How to insert Flash into PowerPoint 2007, and make it play automatically How to embed Flash movie into PowerPoint 2007, and play automatically

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • PowerPoint 2007

Step1
PowerPoint 2007 Options Click Microsoft Office Button on the top left corner > click "PowerPoint Options" at the bottom of the panel > go to the "PowerPoint Options" window > click "Popular" on the left column > select "Show Developer tab in the Ribbon" on the right column > click "OK" at the bottom
Step2
More Controls - PowerPoint 2007 On the "Developer" tab > go to "Controls" group > Click the icon of hammer and nail for "More Controls" > go to the "More Controls" window
Step3
Shockwave Flash Object On the "More Controls" window > select "Shockwave Flash Object" in the list > click "OK" at the bottom > use your pointer to drag on the slide to draw and resize the control
Step4
Properties - PowerPoint 2007 Right click the control you draw > click "Properties" in the right-click menu > go to the "Properties" window
Step5
Movie path - PowerPoint 2007 On the alphabetic tab > click the "Movie" property > type the full drive path in the value column (the blank cell next to Movie), including the file name (e.g. C\:a.swf) or URL (e.g. http://www.a.com/b.swf)
Step6
To make the Flash paly automatically when the slide is displayed, set the "Playing" property to "True"; To embed the Flash into PowerPoint, set "EmbedMovie" property to "True"

Finally close the "Properties" window and save your presentation.

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