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Flash Toolbar - An
easy-to-use set of tools for
working with Macromedia Flash animations within
Microsoft PowerPoint
presentations.
This software has been professionally developed by the same programmers who created the presentation and communication software used by some of the world's leading companies. Working with companies ranging in size from 1,000 to 150,000 employees spread across the globe, we have been able to develop rigorously tested, secure and user friendly software solutions. This makes this software the ideal choice for both individuals and corporations. In addition, this software has been digitally signed (with a third party commercial signature) to ensure that it is Spyware and virus-free, and can also be used with the Microsoft Office security setting set at maximum. This tool is compatible with Windows running PowerPoint: 2000, XP and 2003. <INSTALL
FREE TRIAL VERSION>
<BUY
NOW> Basic overview of the tools within the Flash Toolbar
Install the trial version of the Flash Toolbar A
fully working trial version of the
Flash Toolbar is provided free to let you test the product before buying.
Once a movie has been selected, the Insert Movie Tool's settings dialogue box appears. The default options have been pre-selected so that you can simply click 'OK'. However, if you wish, you can review or change any of the available settings. (All settings are shown below.)
This tool allows you to select a flash movie and change the play setting of the movie to stop playing once it has played, or to play continuously in a loop. To aid usability, the user can use this tool by selecting an individual movie or by simply selecting complete slides. The latter is often required when a movie is hidden under other presentation objects or is part of a group. Please note: the tool will
always set the play options to loop or un-loop, but not all movies have
been built in such a way as to allow them to loop, e.g., they may have a
in-built command to hold on to the second to last frame, and as such, will
never
reach the end of the movie.
Click once on the icon and it will change the default play setting of the flash movie to play as soon as the slide is displayed during a presentation or to wait until it is clicked on. To aid usability, the user can use this tool by selecting an individual movie or by simply selecting complete slides. The latter is often required when a movie is hidden under other presentation objects or is part of a group. Please note: the tool will
always set the play options to automatic, but not all movies have been
built in such a way as to allow them to play this way, e.g., they might have an
in-built command to hold on to the first screen until the user clicks a
button within the movie.
Allows you to convert the flash movie into a series of still images that can be printed or emailed. This tool allows the user to select a slide which contains a flash movie and to create a single slide or a range of slides, where the original slide has been duplicated and the flash movie has been replaced with a static image (jpeg). The user can then choose to make a single image, or specify a set frame number, or give a timed delay, or to ask that the movie is spread over a number of slides, or to manually play the movie and hit the 'Ctrl' to create a static duplicate at that position. (All settings shown below.) To aid usability, the user can use this tool by selecting an individual movie or by simply selecting complete slides. The latter is often required when a movie is hidden under other presentation objects or is part of a group.
An original sample slide in PowerPoint which
contains a flash movie
slide. A range of duplicated slides are created by the
tool, showing
frames from the
flash movie which have been converted to jpeg images.
Click once on the icon and the tool will loop through the presentation slide-by-slide checking for flash movies, then rewind them all to the beginning. This can be used to manually ensure that all flash movies have the correct starting point before giving a presentation, or that the flash movies' play start is correct before saving and distributing a PowerPoint presentation which uses flash movies. To aid usability, the user can
use this tool by selecting an individual movie or by simply selecting complete
slides. The latter
is often required when a movie is hidden under other presentation objects or
is part of a group.
This may be required if you plan to email a copy of a presentation to a client because:
To aid usability and
prevent unintentional deletion, after the user has clicked the icon, they
will be warned that the tool will delete all movies and macros and be
asked to confirm whether they wish to continue. Automatic
Play-Back Refunds, support options
and feedback We have provided a fully working demo version of the tool to allow you to download and test the product before buying. It is your responsibility to ensure that it meets your expectations and is suitable for use within your individual systems, settings, configurations, movies, etc. The price for the individual user option includes unlimited use of the help and FAQ pages. It does not include any one-to-one ongoing support. The price for the multi-licence/un-limited corporate licence versions includes unlimited use of the help and FAQ pages and ongoing one-to-one support for the IT departments or project administrators for a period of 12 months from purchase. In all cases, if a product or tool has been
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"Streaming Flash in your Power Point presentations is possible. Here's how to do it."
Embedding Flash Into Power Point 2000 Scott Manning January 24, 2002 | Comments (70) 1. Open PowerPoint and create a new slide. 2. From your Main Menu bar select View>Toolbars>Visual Basic. 3. From the Visual Basic Toolbar, select the 'Control' Toolbox icon and open the 'Control' Toolbox. 4. Choose the More Controls icon and scroll down the list to Shockwave Flash Object. 5. Draw out a rectangle on your slide to any dimension. 6. Right-click on the rectangle you have just drawn and select Properties. This opens a list of Movie properties. 7. EmbedMovie: change this value to True. 8. Height: change this to the correct dimension of your Flash movie. 9. Width: change this to the correct dimension of your Flash movie. 10. Loop: change to False (unless you want your video to loop, in which case leave as True). 11. Movie: type in the absolute path of your .swf movie. To view your movie, select Slide show>View show from the Main Menu. Your Flash Movie will play on the slide you placed it on. Comments (70): 1) Posted by: Steve Bodie ( ) September 5, 2002 11:02 AM Thanks for this, however have you got a solution for making the .swf file return to the first frame when played again within PowerPoint Regards Steve Bodie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Posted by: Shay ( ) October 18, 2002 05:34 PM It worked! Thank you thank you!!! That was a BIG help! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Posted by: DD ( ) December 11, 2002 12:15 PM DAMN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Posted by: mackin ( ) December 30, 2002 10:27 AM izzle be dizzle my nizzle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Posted by: Micah Burkey ( ) December 30, 2002 02:17 PM I've tried your technique but with no luck im using flash mx could this be a problem -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) Posted by: Hector Morales ( ) January 2, 2003 11:34 PM Es MAravillos SAber este PEqueño truco, pues puedes impactar de manera Positiva a tus clientes en tus presentaciones... WOW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) Posted by: Glenn McLaughlin ( ) January 10, 2003 05:33 AM Thankyou thankyou thankyou.... this is a life saver. One question though, can the path to the file be relative? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) Posted by: Mk ( ) January 18, 2003 12:44 PM Gracias! Thanks!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) Posted by: Eric ( ) January 19, 2003 05:37 PM I as well couldn't get this to work, I made the movie using Swish and converted it to a swf file which I am trying to play? Anyone know what the problem is? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) Posted by: brian ( ) February 25, 2003 02:29 PM how about Exporting the embedded .swf? Thanks! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) Posted by: julian ( ) March 1, 2003 12:51 PM es hat funktioniert ja ja thx -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) Posted by: Chingon ( ) March 13, 2003 05:39 PM chigon......... cooollllllllllllll errrrrrrroooooo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13) Posted by: Juliano - Brasil ( ) March 18, 2003 06:35 PM muito obrigado, isto será muito útil. Thanks, wonderfull technich -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14) Posted by: Roger Starnes ( ) April 3, 2003 02:36 PM I used this technique to embed Flash as an intro for a Power Point presenetation. However, I always get a number of folks who don't see the intro. Instead where the animation is supposed to be, they get a big rectangle, and an error. Is there a download that will configure a PC to understand the VBScript that makes the Flash embed run? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15) Posted by: mourad ( ) April 24, 2003 02:14 PM salut mon amie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16) Posted by: andrew ( xxx.163.141.62) May 30, 2003 01:52 PM This is sort of helpful, although the support for Flash is so horrible that it's basically useless. The Flash file will start playing as soon as it appears in either the authoring mode or the slide-view mode in PPT, and it will not play again if you return to the slide. You get one play per presentation view. Also, you can't really control (or even predict) the behavior of the Flash file. What I need is: the flash file starts playing when I want it to (or at least PPT must respect stop() actions at the beginning of the SWF) The flash file should play through and not loop. The flash file should "rewind" when the slide is shown, whether it's for the first time or for the tenth time in a presentation. The flash file should appear on the slide *with its correct size and proportions*. PPT loves to screw up the scaling of the SWF and show content outside the boundaries of the file. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17) Posted by: David ( xxx.2.242.168) June 6, 2003 09:56 AM I have a quick question--if the flash movie is to pause when the space bar is pressed (in the flash player)..is there a way to have this function in ppt? Or would the default in power point (spacebar advances to the next screen) over write the flash rule. Please let me know ASAP... thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18) Posted by: PR ( x.65.228.76) July 14, 2003 12:24 PM Excellent instructions. Very easy to follow. It worked perfectly. Thank you! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19) Posted by: sayy ( xx.55.229.18) August 27, 2003 05:36 PM i've been looking for such a solution almost all day, you're the greatest! thanks! you've really helped me! now i can finally go sleep:) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20) Posted by: Henry Marchani ( xx.76.129.75) September 12, 2003 12:44 PM Friends I need your help!!! I have problem with flash files, when I put some Flash file in a ppt the first time it is ok , but later when I trie to re show again, the flash file doesn´t run. and the check marks change to flase, in properties of the file is not marked. Someone know What I have to do to run a ppt with flash in rigth way? sorry about my english thnaks for all -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21) Posted by: Daniel Diaz ( xxx.43.88.160) September 18, 2003 07:12 PM God Blessyou!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22) Posted by: Sonia ( xxx.145.182.168) October 22, 2003 04:25 AM Thank for this clear and wonderful instructions. Thanks, thanks, thanks ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23) Posted by: Frazko ( xxx.40.10.251) October 27, 2003 12:48 PM Very nice!! Thank you!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24) Posted by: Brent ( xx.226.232.62) December 18, 2003 11:25 AM I am also having trouble with the clip not working in powerpoint the second time around. The play setting unchecks itself when ever I veiw the presentation and advance to the next slide. There are only two quit fixes I came up with. One is to set the properties to play and then save without viewing, then everytime you open the file it will play the first time. If you do view it, just make sure you set it back to play before you save. Second, if you enable the menu, you can simple right click to get the flash controller and then select play. If anyone have an easier way to fix this bug in powerpoint, please let me know. Thanks, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25) Posted by: omri ( xx.219.117.149) January 4, 2004 08:20 PM great explanation works on 2003 too thank you! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26) Posted by: Brent ( xx.226.232.62) January 7, 2004 11:02 AM Here is another tutorial you might want to consider if you are having trouble controlling the flash clips once they are in powerpoint. It worked for me. cut and paste the following link into your browser. http://www.flashgeek.com/tutorials/05b_rewind2000XP_01.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27) Posted by: Darkice ( xxx.93.200.149) February 4, 2004 03:27 PM Dude, you rule! I tryed everything... microsoft should make this easyer (it,s quit easy if you know what to do.... but it isn't like immidiatly clear) First hit on google! and you earn it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28) Posted by: SørenE ( xx.196.135.186) February 11, 2004 01:46 PM Looked for this trick for ages! Just great! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29) Posted by: Allison ( xxx.174.192.213) March 4, 2004 09:36 AM Thanks for a well-written and effective explanation. I have a CD-Rom, which has a Flash movie on it - the file is .exe, not .swf, and I can't figure out how to import it into a PowerPoint presentation. Any ideas you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Allison from Boston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30) Posted by: Jim ( xxx.145.3.226) March 15, 2004 09:46 AM Everytime I create a swf file and use it in powerpoint. It plays the first time then the play setting changes to false and it won't play again. What am I doing wrong! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31) Posted by: mazais_o ( xx.85.29.67) March 16, 2004 09:55 AM Thank you very much!!! I have earned lunch, because I put flash movie in powerpoint! :) very yummy :) paid by ao. :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32) Posted by: arno ( xx.85.29.72) March 16, 2004 10:00 AM Shit.. i thought this is not possible... Never mind, I will make you lunch :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33) Posted by: Peter Filorte ( xxx.72.125.108) May 4, 2004 12:21 AM Awesome, I made a nice ppt file by embeding a flash file! Thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34) Posted by: c ( xxx.208.55.173) June 26, 2004 12:41 PM thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35) Posted by: Amirul ( xxx.190.35.216) June 30, 2004 07:50 AM this software is very helpfull -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36) Posted by: Henry Marchani ( xxx.37.126.236) June 30, 2004 10:49 AM If someone wnat toi use flash files in PPT you have to use swiff programm, it has a pluging to ppt and a new way to use graphs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37) Posted by: iceagemedia ( xx.76.70.184) July 1, 2004 07:23 AM Some handy tips: Make sure your clients have the latest flash activex control installed as r.6.0.2. had a bug which causes problems for swfs in ppt. Also, as already mentioned flashgeek site has all the code you need to get them to rewind to the start after the first play. Just remember to enable macro security level to medium or low on the ppt presentation if u use the code. Finally, do a search for powerpoint faq there's is an excellent one that has links to every resource. I can't remember the url off hand. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38) Posted by: Cate ( xx.18.80.40) July 8, 2004 05:41 PM I have embedded a looping Flash movie that also has a volume slider sound module within the Flash movie. It plays fine, but I cannot go to the next slide in Powerpoint and cannot even end the action with the Esc button...I basically have to Ctrl/Alt/Delete and End the Task. Any suggestions? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39) Posted by: Sharon Heldman ( xxx.172.181.130) July 20, 2004 12:57 PM This is a one time problem. I'd rather not subscribe, but I need help fast for the president's powerpoint presentation. I'm new and this would make me look good. :) Lots of people seem to be having the problem of movies not rewinding. Help, please. Ours was created on a Mac, now being presented on a PC laptop Windows XP. I tried adding the swf.playing = true, but it still doesn't hold. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40) Posted by: Sarah ( xxx.196.60.42) August 12, 2004 11:01 AM I created PPTs with Flash movies in them for six months, every day all day and not even Microsoft could help me find a solution to the Playing = true changing to false problem. The only work around I know is to set it to True and then Save, and Quit the presentation and then open it again when you are ready to present. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41) Posted by: Murk ( xx.100.44.42) September 28, 2004 02:30 PM To auto rewind a Flash movie (in this case the Flash object is named 'swfVRTour': Sub OnSlideShowPageChange() Slide18.swfVRTour.Playing = False Slide18.swfVRTour.Rewind Slide18.swfVRTour.GotoFrame (1) Slide18.swfVRTour.Playing = True end sub To go to the next slide when a flash movie completes, just place the following code on the slide with the flash movie object named 'swfIntro' (or whatever you have named it) and from the last frame of your flash movie just issue a fscommand("next",""); : Private Sub swfIntro_FSCommand(ByVal command As String, ByVal args As String) With SlideShowWindows(1).View If (command = "next") Then .Next End If End With End Sub In all cases, macros must be enabled for any of this scripting to work. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42) Posted by: Ali ( xxx.87.100.17) October 3, 2004 03:57 AM i have created two files: a PowerPoint file using Power Plugs 3d Animation and Flash SWF file. I was not able to have the 3d effects work after inserting the flash file into PowerPoint. I want to play the flash and the power Plugs animations at the same time from Power Point witout loosing one or the other effects. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43) Posted by: BAZ ( xxx.80.64.82) October 19, 2004 08:10 AM Thanks you very much. I found an other way how to import Flash to PPT. You can download patch and then it's very easy. Only thing you must do is click on tab 'INSERT' and then click on 'Flash Movie...'. Patch is named 'Swiff point player'. Sorry my English is very bad. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44) Posted by: BAZ ( xxx.80.64.82) October 20, 2004 01:16 PM There is adres where you can download patch I spoken. http://www.globfx.com/products/swfpoint/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45) Posted by: Mr. Atitep Vadvilai ( xxx.47.247.146) December 17, 2004 08:02 PM The instruction for Embedding Flash Into Power Point 2000 is 100% work for PP 2002 too! but any how you have to make sure that you put the file extension( .swf ) at the end of your file name too. If not, it does not work. It's simple but keep me busy for quite a while until I can find about what did I do wrong ha ha. Thanks very very much for sharing the instruction. Wish you all the best for X'mas and Happy New Year to you. Atitep V., from Thailand -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46) Posted by: Allen ( xxx.213.189.57) January 26, 2005 12:58 PM I need the serial number of power point because any time i try to install the cd it want's me to put in the code so please help me! and i'll give you any thing in return! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47) Posted by: nagraj ( xxx.199.38.254) January 28, 2005 08:54 AM I ve a small problem while embedding a flash movie in powerpoint, and the problem is such that it throws an error such as "Powerpoint found an error that it can't correct. You should save presentation,quit,and then restart powerpoint." This error pops out when I click on any of the clickable or interactive button in the flash file. I coudn't figure why is this happening??? Can you help me on this... My flash file not only contains animation also contains interactive buttons that pops out information on click. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48) Posted by: One more thing ( x.236.192.226) March 15, 2005 10:40 PM -One final tip; If you're inserting a .swf that itself loads other .swfs... your powerpoint file HAS TO live in the same directory as all the swfs. Otherwise powerpoint will load the first movie but not the rest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49) Posted by: Irina ( xx.105.91.114) March 28, 2005 07:21 PM Hi, I really need help. I downloaded Swiff Point Player from http://www.globfx.com/products/swfpoint/Flash is working fine. But ofter I can not go to the next slide - looks like Power Point Presentation stops at the end of flash movie. How th fix that? Thanks a lot. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50) Posted by: Peter ( xxx.45.145.102) April 7, 2005 09:19 AM Hi, I followed your instructions to the "letter" and was able to play the flash in slide view. However, after saving it as a "ppt" format I was unable to see it again when I launched the "ppt" from whitin the directory that I had saved it in. It opened up as a blank screen and unless I went through the entire process again I was not able to view it. The "million dollar question" ? How does it get saved in order to review it when I select the saved file ? Your reply would be very much appreciated. Cheers, Peter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51) Posted by: Please help! ( xxx.179.109.122) April 18, 2005 11:36 PM Hi! I followed your directions. But what is really weird is that when I open the powerpoint presentation, the music from my flash movie automatically plays. How can I make it so that the music only plays when I go to the slide in which the flash movie is embedded? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52) Posted by: John ( xxx.95.233.223) May 16, 2005 06:59 PM Two things that sort of help with .swf's embedded in powerpoint: 1) Save your presentation as a powerpoint show. This seems to always restore my flash movies to their starting frame when I run the show. Unfortunately, not all swf's are created equal. 2) Install the flash movie in "loop" mode. Then use the mouse to highlight the control button in the lower left corner of the screen and advance to the next slide using the "next button" instead of the arrow keys (which starts a new loop). Finally, people who seem to get a blank scree after playing the flash once are actually getting a final, blank frame and are not rewinding. Still doesn't seem to be a universal fix for this that always works. PS: I tried one of the freebie programs to add flash to the insert menu. Its most annoying feature was that it broke lots of powerpoint things like returning to slide object edit by double clicking a slide! Fortunately it unistalled gracefully. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53) Posted by: Daron Gardner ( xxx.132.229.48) May 20, 2005 12:55 PM Any ideas on how to insert FLV files into powerpoint....or how to convert flv to a format that can be inserted into powerpoint? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54) Posted by: wanna ( xxx.170.226.5) July 14, 2005 04:20 AM I followed every step, but finally it does not work. I need the file for this Saturday class. Can you help telling me how to make it work? Best Wanna -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55) Posted by: ashley ( xx.27.136.55) July 19, 2005 02:48 PM it seems as though no matter what i try. it cant get the file to show a flash when saved as .pps i made the flash presentation into presentation just fine. and when i viewed it after i saved it it was fine. but now when i put it onto my cd, to take it to class, it dosent show the flash? just the box i had it in..... any thought? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56) Posted by: Gil ( xx.65.177.105) July 26, 2005 03:57 PM hi Steve i'm trying to use thefollowing URL address for my presentation http://www.scottmanning.com/archives/000443.php and after pharagraphe 6:. "Right-click on the rectangle you have just drawn and select Properties. This opens a list of Movie properties". the list of Properties window in my PowerPoint is Empty. do you know the reason of this phanomenon. Best Regards Gil -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57) Posted by: tom ( xx.225.133.160) August 6, 2005 12:47 PM Hi... Maybe I've been missing something...I have a Flash .swf file embedded in a PowerPoint .pps file using the Macromedia Shockwave Flash ActiveX control in PowerPoint....works fine...BUT everytime I try to run the .pps player file I get the "Disable/Enable Macro" securtiy dialogue box....Is there away to eliminate the dialogue so the embedded Flash module plays immediately??? I've also been getting a blank PowerPoint window popping up first and then the .pps plays over it. Any answers or places you can point me to to solve this problem? Thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58) Posted by: Jens Peter ( xxx.229.242.53) October 22, 2005 08:54 AM COOL! I am the king of PowerPoint in my company now :-) Love it!! Jens -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59) Posted by: jose fernando solanilla ( xxx.147.185.18) November 18, 2005 04:51 AM Desire to know like placing an animation flash in power point but that this is inserted so that the bottom of the animation is transparent like change the values in Shockwave of the bgcolor so that this is. thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60) Posted by: julian ( xx.140.162.204) December 15, 2005 04:59 PM I got to step 4, but found no drop down list so I could not select shockwave object. After clicking the more controls icon it said add remove buttons, no drop down list. Can anyone help me? Thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 61) Posted by: sony ( xxx.87.137.35) December 19, 2005 08:22 PM Just click on these: view -> toolbars -> control toolbox then a new toolbar will appear (that is, if its still not visible on your toolbars dock) Find the little hammer and wrench button and click it! that's where you'll get to see the dropdown menu you need! chao! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 62) Posted by: Engin Ucar ( xx.214.148.70) January 3, 2006 04:39 PM to help people in need is the best work for the other world.. thanx Engin Ucar, Ankara -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63) Posted by: John Penders ( xx.207.172.33) February 12, 2006 04:51 AM How can I set the background of an imported flash animation into powerpoint to transparent? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64) Posted by: Lee-Anne Shpeherd ( xxx.8.19.226) February 26, 2006 08:06 PM Hi, I am often using SWF files in presentations for reseacrhers in our organisation - which used to all be dandy. But lately when I send the file onto someone else, the preview images of a flash file shows as a distorded, squashed down JPEg - anyone got any advice how to keep it locked to show correctly? I have my swf file embedded using Activex, and have entered the size and location in the properties box. Any help will be greatly appreciated! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 65) Posted by: Nuria ( xxx.30.8.59) March 27, 2006 08:40 AM I neeed the same info as John Penders: How to set the background of an imported flash animation into powerpoint to transparent? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 66) Posted by: ondrila ( xx.88.3.50) April 7, 2006 03:28 PM awesome!! thanks a lot!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 67) Posted by: Ice9x ( xx.32.169.212) April 22, 2006 03:53 PM I DONT HAVE THE SHOCKWAVE FLASH OBJECT THING!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 68) Posted by: Nachiket Katti ( xxx.225.1.12) May 5, 2006 11:15 AM I have embedded a button that is linked to an external URL within the Flash movie. Everything works and plays fine, but once I click on the button and external slide opens up, I cannot go to the next slide in Powerpoint and cannot even end the action with the Esc button. I basically have to Ctrl/Alt/Delete and End the Task. Any suggestions? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 69) Posted by: Adam Mould ( xx.3.64.8) June 1, 2006 04:18 AM The menu bars are not the same for POWERPOINT on MAC :-( couldn't talk my client thru this one... any ideas? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70) Posted by: kiazhi ( xxx.153.44.7) June 3, 2006 06:19 AM John Penders & Nuria, i have been trying to set transparent on flash object background. I don't think it can be done. The WMODE = transparent doesn't work at all... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receive an email when a new comment is posted: Add a New Comment Name: Email Address: URL: Subscribe to this page: Comments: © 2000-2006 Scottmanning.com - All Rights Reserved No portion of Scottmanning.com or its associated sites may be reprinted in any form without prior consent. #
Using
Flash in PowerPoint Integrating a Flash movie inside PowerPoint allows vector
animation and interactivity to be added to a PowerPoint presentation. This
strategy can be used to increase the performance and impact of the piece. The
information provided in this TechNote was tested with the Office 2000 version of
Microsoft PowerPoint. Earlier versions may vary from the steps shown here.
Please note that Macromedia Technical Support cannot answer questions pertaining
to Flash playing inside external applications such as PowerPoint. Can it
be done? When viewing Flash content in Windows using Internet Explorer, Flash
Player content is played using an ActiveX control. ActiveX is a Microsoft
technology consisting of 'controls' that sit on top of a Windows subsystem
called COM (Component Object Model). For detailed information on ActiveX
controls see Microsoft's ActiveX pages. ActiveX controls are used to
extend the abilities of Windows and Internet Explorer, adding features such as
video playback, audio and Flash playback. Each control handles a specific type
of functionality. When a control is needed for a certain type of playback, it is
automatically downloaded from a secure location, the control installs itself,
and then becomes available to Windows. This allows Windows to acquire new
functionality by adding a small binary file, without reinstalling or restarting
the operating system. The advantage of ActiveX controls is that although
they are generally downloaded and used in Internet Explorer, once they exist on
your system any Windows application that understands COM can use the controls to
extend their applications. One of the popular uses for this technology is
embedding a functional ActiveX controlled Flash movie inside a PowerPoint
presentation. Why Flash in PowerPoint? PowerPoint 2000 supports numerous
import types including AVI movies and animated GIFs. However, these imports are
fairly static, and can have large file sizes. Using a Flash movie inside
PowerPoint adds interactivity and vector animation to the PowerPoint
presentation, with little increase in file size. Embedding a Flash movie allows
all the functionality of Flash: buttons will function, Get URL actions will open
the default browser, and animations will tween. If the Flash ActiveX control r25
(or higher) is installed, the Flash movie can even be printed. Requiring
the ActiveX control Note: Using Flash in PowerPoint requires the Flash ActiveX
control to be installed on the machine which will be viewing the PowerPoint
content. If that machine is using Internet Explorer 4 or higher and can view
Flash then the ActiveX control is automatically installed. If you have
direct access to the playback machine you can check for the control's parent
file by searching the system drive for 'swflash.ocx'. If you do not have access
to the machine the presentation will be playing on, it is highly recommended to
license and distribute the Flash ActiveX control alongside your presentation.
The control must be installed on the playback machine before your presentation
can run. The Flash ActiveX control can be licensed at no charge for distribution
on secure intranets or CD-ROM's. See Macromedia's Flash Player Licensing
Overview for detailed information. If there is any doubt if the Flash
control is present it's best to uninstall existing controls and reinstall. See
How to remove the Flash Player ActiveX Control (TechNote 12727) for more
information. After uninstalling the control, use Internet Explorer to go to
http://www.macromedia.com/ and autoinstall the most recent version of the
control. Embedding the Flash content in PowerPoint Once you've considered
the handling of the ActiveX control you can proceed to add the Flash content to
PowerPoint. Open PowerPoint 2000. Choose View > Toolbars >
Control Toolbox. This will open the ActiveX Control toolbar. At the bottom
of the Control Toolbox there is an "other controls" icon.
Select this icon to open the list of ActiveX controls
installed on your machine. Choose "Shockwave Flash Object" from
the list of controls: Choosing Shockwave Flash Object from the list
of controls will change the cursor to a crosshair. Move the cursor over the
slide. Click and drag to define the area the Flash movie will play in. The Flash
movie can take up as much of the screen as you wish. After creating the
Flash "window", right-click on the window. Choose
"Properties" from the pop-up to open the Flash object control
properties. Choose "..." to the right of 'Custom' . This
opens the Page Properties dialog for the Flash control. In the Page
Properties dialog enter the path or URL to the SWF you wish to use. If the SWF
is in the same directory as the PowerPoint file just enter the SWF name. The SWF
can also be at any valid URL network address. The remainder of
the items in the dialog are described in Chapter 13 of 'Using Flash' under
Publishing & Exporting. Click OK in the Property Pages. Now view the
slideshow. The Flash content will play just as it does in the Flash player.
Additional information Again, Macromedia Technical Support cannot advise
on this procedure. If you have problems with using Flash in PowerPoint, we
recommend posting questions to the Flash Discussion Group or using the
Flashgeek.com website, which specializes in Flash/Powerpoint discussion. Last
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flashy by embedding Macromedia Flash movies in your PowerPoint presentations
by Patrice-Anne Rutledge Indezine, 2004 Introduction If you've
ever admired the use of Macromedia Flash in creating interactive and animated
websites, you've probably also considered how great it would be to incorporate
Flash's sophisticated functionality into your PowerPoint presentations as well.
With a little know-how, this is actually an easy thing to do. In PowerPoint, you
can play Flash movies through the use of an ActiveX control (swflash.ocx). If
you use Internet Explorer 4 or later, you should already have this control.
There are many reasons you might want to use Flash movies in your
PowerPoint presentation, most notably to take advantage of Flash's interactive
vector animations and small file size. In some cases, you may already have Flash
movies on your website or intranet that you want to incorporate into PowerPoint.
Or you may want to create a Flash movie specifically to include in a
presentation, enabling you to add some extra pizzazz to PowerPoint's existing
functionality. The Requirements To use Flash in a PowerPoint
presentation, you'll need the following software: Microsoft PowerPoint
2003, 2002, 2000, or 97 for Windows. Earlier versions of PowerPoint don't offer
ActiveX support (nor does the Macintosh). The examples in this article use
PowerPoint 2002 and Flash MX, but the steps for incorporating Flash movies into
other versions of PowerPoint are very similar. Macromedia Flash Player. In
most cases, the computer on which you plan to deliver your PowerPoint
presentation probably already has Flash Player installed (not the same thing as
Flash itself, which you use to create Flash movies). The player is preinstalled
with Windows 98 and later as well as Internet Explorer 4 and later. According to
Macromedia, 98.3% of all web users have Flash Player on their computers. If you
have any doubts as to whether you have the latest version of the player, though,
it's best to download it. Use Internet Explorer (not Netscape Navigator) to
navigate to www.macromedia.com/downloads, where you can download a free copy of
the latest Flash Player. Macromedia Flash (any version). You obviously
need Flash to create the Flash movie you plan to include in your PowerPoint
presentation, but you don't need to have Flash software installed on the machine
with which you create or deliver your presentation. You just need the Flash
movie file. So even without Flash, you can still experiment with the
possibilities of incorporating Flash movies in PowerPoint. Many other programs
deliver Flash movies for training, demo, or marketing purposes, so you may
already have Flash movies on your system. To find them, do a search in Windows
Explorer for any files with the extension *.SWF. This extension stands for
Shockwave Flash and is the standard for all Flash movies. If you
don't have Flash software on your computer and want to try it out, download a
trial version of the newly released Flash MX from the Macromedia website at
www.macromedia.com/downloads. The site also includes tutorials and documentation
to help you get started. Inserting a Flash Movie into Your PowerPoint
Presentation Inserting a Flash movie into PowerPoint is basically a
straightforward process. Let's say that you want to start your PowerPoint
presentation with a Flash movie. To do so, create a blank slide as the first
slide of your presentation. Open the Control Toolbox (where ActiveX controls are
stored) by selecting Tools, Control Toolbox. Click the More Controls button in
the lower right corner of the Toolbox and choose Shockwave Flash Object from the
drop-down list as your control type. Select the
Shockwave Flash Object control to insert a Flash movie. Position
the crosshair pointer at the upper left corner of the slide and drag down to the
lower right corner, making the control cover the entire slide. A large X
temporarily appears on your slide; this disappears after you've assigned
properties to this control or, in some cases, after you're previewed the
presentation the first time. Of course, if you don't want your Flash movie to
cover your entire slide, just drag the crosshair pointer to the appropriate
location. You can also resize later if you want.
To
assign properties, click the Properties button on the Control Toolbox (or
right-click the control and choose Properties from the menu that appears). In
the Properties dialog box, ensure that ShockwaveFlash1 is selected as the object
rather than the slide itself. Specify how
and when to run your movie in the Properties dialog box. Set the
following properties: Movie. Enter the complete directory path name or URL
of the Flash movie you want to play, such as :c:\My Documents\FlashMovies\MyFlashMovie.swf.
You can enter a location on your own computer or a location on the Web or
intranet. Be sure that you enter the *.SWF file and not another format such as
*.