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Embedding Flash Files in PPT
(read this info in ‘normal’ rather than ‘view show’ mode)
Open a blank PowerPoint presentation……..
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On the slide where you want to put your flash file…..
Drop down the ‘view’ menu
Select toolbars, and tick ‘visual basic’
Click on the control toolbox button (hammer and wrench
symbol)
Click on ‘more controls’ button (hammer and wrench again)
Scroll down and select ‘Shockwave flash object’
On the slide where you want your flash file, click and drag
to make a box. It will look like what is on slide 5
Right click on this and select ‘properties’. Try doing this on
slide 5 and then come back to this slide
Take a deep breath / nice glass of red……and go to next
slide
• Now the ‘tricky’ bit…
• A window will have opened and should have ‘movie’
highlighted. Click in the box to the right of this and a cursor
will appear. Here you are going to type in instructions
which are basically the route to the flash file you want to
use……
• To do this, go to where the flash file is and ensure that it is
set to open in Internet Explorer. Open up the flash file and
copy the ‘location’ info which is to the right of the I.E. icon
at the top
• Paste this in the box to the right of ‘movie’ in the properties
of animation window (3 bullets back)
• Now look for ‘embed movie’ (7 rows above) and change
‘false’ to ‘true’. There is a drop down menu for this.
• Check ‘loop’ is set at ‘true’ ….
• and Robert’s your mother’s brother!
• Your flash file will now be ‘in’ the crossed box. At this
point, you need to have faith! To check it is ‘working’,
view your slide in ‘slide show’ mode (Shift F5 is the
shortcut) Below is a an example…..