How to insert Flash into PowerPoint 2007

[b]How to insert Flash into PowerPoint 2007, and make it play automatically[/b]
[b]How to embed Flash movie into PowerPoint 2007, and play automatically[/b]

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

[b]*.[/b] Click [b]Microsoft Office Button[/b] on the top left corner > click "[b]PowerPoint Options[/b]" at the bottom of the panel > go to the "[b]PowerPoint Options[/b]" window > click "[b]Popular[/b]" on the left column > select "[b]Show Developer tab in the Ribbon[/b]" on the right column > click "[b]OK[/b]" at the bottom

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

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[b]*.[/b] On the "More Controls" window > select "[b]Shockwave Flash Object[/b]" in the list > click "[b]OK[/b]" at the bottom > use your pointer to [b]drag on the slide to draw and resize[/b] the control

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

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[b]5.[/b] On the alphabetic tab > click the "[b]Movie[/b]" property > [b]type the full drive path[/b] in the value column (the blank cell next to Movie), including the [b]file name[/b] (e.g. C\:a.swf) or [b]URL[/b] (e.g. http://www.a.com/b.swf)

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[b]6.[/b] To make the Flash paly automatically when the slide is displayed, set the "[b]Playing[/b]" property to "[b]True[/b]"; To embed the Flash into PowerPoint, set "[b]EmbedMovie[/b]" property to "[b]True[/b]"

[b]7.[/b] 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.

[b]An alternative solution to insert Flash into PowerPoint 2007[/b]

Actually it's sort of troublesome to someone who needs to insert Flash into multiple sildes within PowerPoint 2007 directly. You may want to know: is there a shortcut to insert Flash like inserting other media files in PowerPoint? Probably no.

An alternative solution is using some third-party tools to achieve this, such as [b]Wondershare PPT2Flash[/b], which has a feature of "[b]Insert Flash[/b]" 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 any earlier versions.

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[b]Learn more[/b] about Wondershare PPT2Flash at
[url]http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash.html[/url]
[url]http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash-pro.html[/url]
And you can have a [b]FREE TRIAL[/b] of "Insert Flash" instantly.

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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.

see more details about [b]converting PowerPoint 2007[/b]:
[url]http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash-2007.html[/url]

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