embedding .swf files in PowerPoint 2007

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I am trying to embed a .swf file into a PowerPoint 2007 presentation so that
the .pptx file can be moved and copied and opened anywhere and the animation
still work, without having to also move the .swf file. I found a tutorial
that seems to be able to do this in Office 2003
(http://www.flashgeek.com/tutorials/02_embed_09.asp), however this does not
work for 2007. I know how to get a .swf file into a presentation and linked,
but this requires that the .swf file be moved with the .pptx file. I cannot
figure out how to get it actually embedded so that only the .pptx file has to
be moved. I am also not interested in the "package for CD" option.

It seems to me that this is one area where PowerPoint could use significant
improvement - I have the same trouble with movie files and sound files.
Embedding these things into a presentation file should be easy to do.
 
Sorry, but you can not "embed" a media file in PPT. Maybe with the next
version...
 
I've had spotty results with embedding SWFs into PPT 2007 using the ActiveX
control. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. I think it's got to
do with the Flash Player that's installed. If I'm not mistaken, that's where
PPT gets the control from, and something somewhere is wonky with some
versions. Or something. :-)

I know that doesn't help you much, but if you go to
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266&sliceId=1
(man, that was hard to find!), there are archived versions of the older
Flash players available. Unfortunately, I can't remember which one seemed to
work for one of the other MVPs. I think I'd start with number 7, though it
might be 8. And I'd be sure to test it on another machine after embedding
the SWF.

You should be aware, though, that the PPT Viewer doesn't support ActiveX
controls, so using Package for CD and running the file with the Viewer will
mean your SWF doesn't work.
 
I´ve been using the ActiveX properties and have no problem until I started
running PP on VISTA, when you set the EmbedMovie to "true" and save, close
the PP and open it again the EmbedMovie setting is altered to "False" This
does not happen when you are running PP on Windos XP



Echo S said:
I've had spotty results with embedding SWFs into PPT 2007 using the ActiveX
control. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. I think it's got to
do with the Flash Player that's installed. If I'm not mistaken, that's where
PPT gets the control from, and something somewhere is wonky with some
versions. Or something. :-)

I know that doesn't help you much, but if you go to
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266&sliceId=1
(man, that was hard to find!), there are archived versions of the older
Flash players available. Unfortunately, I can't remember which one seemed to
work for one of the other MVPs. I think I'd start with number 7, though it
might be 8. And I'd be sure to test it on another machine after embedding
the SWF.

You should be aware, though, that the PPT Viewer doesn't support ActiveX
controls, so using Package for CD and running the file with the Viewer will
mean your SWF doesn't work.

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Narnian Rockhound said:
I am trying to embed a .swf file into a PowerPoint 2007 presentation so
that
the .pptx file can be moved and copied and opened anywhere and the
animation
still work, without having to also move the .swf file. I found a tutorial
that seems to be able to do this in Office 2003
(http://www.flashgeek.com/tutorials/02_embed_09.asp), however this does
not
work for 2007. I know how to get a .swf file into a presentation and
linked,
but this requires that the .swf file be moved with the .pptx file. I
cannot
figure out how to get it actually embedded so that only the .pptx file has
to
be moved. I am also not interested in the "package for CD" option.

It seems to me that this is one area where PowerPoint could use
significant
improvement - I have the same trouble with movie files and sound files.
Embedding these things into a presentation file should be easy to do.
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