PPT2000: How to Add a Shockwave Flash Control to Your Slide

ID: Q250974

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SUMMARY

You can add the Macromedia Shockwave Flash ActiveX control to a slide to play a Flash file (*.swf) during a slide show. The Flash file plays automatically without any user interaction.

MORE INFORMATION

Adding a Shockwave Flash Object ActiveX Control to a Slide or Form

To add a Shockwave Flash Object control to a slide:

Go to the slide where you want to insert the control.

If the Control Toolbox is not already visible, point to Toolbars on the View menu, and then click Control Toolbox.

Click the More Controls button in the Control Toolbox. Click Shockwave Flash Object, and then draw the control on your slide.

The Shockwave Flash Object ActiveX control now appears on your slide.

Connecting to the Shockwave Flash Animation File

To have the Shockwave Flash control play back your Flash Animation file:

Right-click the Shockwave Flash control, and then click Properties.

Click the Movie property. In the Value box, type the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or drive path to the *.swf file you want to play back.

Make sure that the Playing property is set to true.

NOTE: Because of this link within the ActiveX control, Pack and Go cannot pack the Flash Animation file. If you plan to use this animation on another computer, you either need to have the animation file available on a common network share or Web server; or you need to move the animation file separately, and update the path to the file within the properties of the control.

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Additional query words:

Keywords : kb3rdparty kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto