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How to insert Flash into 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

Ensure the Flash Player is installed on your computer, and then please follow the steps below:

1. 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

2. On the "Developer" tab > go to "Controls" group > Click the icon of hammer and nail for "More Controls" > go to the "More Controls" window

3. 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

4. Right click the control you draw > click "Properties" in the right-click menu > go to the "Properties" window

5. 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)

6. 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"

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

On the View tab, in the Presentation Views group, you can click Slide Show or press F5 to preview your presentation.

Actually it's sort of troublesome to someone who needs to insert Flash into multiple sildes. Is there a shortcut to insert Flash like inserting other media files in PowerPoint? Probably no.

An alte
ative solution is using some third party tools to achieve this, such as Wondershare PPT2Flash, which has a feature of "Insert Flash" to add Flash files instantly. Through PPT2Flash, you can directly select Flash files and manage to insert them into any slides in PowerPoint 2007 and eariler versions.

By the way, since Flash is widely supported by most browsers, converting PowerPoint to Flash by PPT2Flash is really convenient to share your presentations over the Internet.nnsee more details:nhttp://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash-2007.htmlnhttp://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash.htmlnhttp://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash-pro.html

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