4. Inserting a Flash Movie into the presentation
PowerPoint Forcefacilitates inserting previously created Flash movies into the presentation.
The created Flash Movie will be available for viewing after you have published the presentation.
To add a Flash Movie:
1. Navigate to MS PowerPoint, then open the PowerPoint Force menu.
2. Click Insert and select Flash Movie.
A window displaying flash movie options will appear where you will be able to change the default options:
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Show with delay from the beginning |
If you want your flash movie file to be played with delay, check the corresponding box and set the delay time in seconds; otherwise leave the box blank (your movie will be played automatically). This option is offfor PowerPoint. |
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Size |
The default is the Full Slide (Full Screen) option. Later on you can change the flash movie’s dimensions and its position the same way it can be done with the other slide’s objects (if the option In new browser window view is on). |
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If you want to change the flash movie’s dimensions using percents select the In percents radio button and set them with the help of the corresponding boxes. |
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If you want to change the flash movie’s dimensions using pixels select the In percents radio button and set them with the help of the corresponding boxes. |
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View |
There are two viewing options: Standard – the newly created flash movie will be displayed in the presentation. In new browser window - a new window will be opened independently from the slide and the created flash movie will be displayed within the new window. If you choose this option, the Flash Movie will not be inserted in the top left-hand corner of the slide, but the Flash icon will be. You can drag this icon anywhere within the slide. The icon is assigned for your reference: just to indicate that your Flash Movie has been inserted. It will not appear in the player when the presentation is published. |
button and select in the dialog box the allocation of the .swf file on your machine or type it in manually.Press Ok to save the created Flash Movie into your presentation; press Cancel to discard changes.
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You can insert only one Flash Movie per slide if the Standard view option is on (in Player). You will see the Flash Movie only after publishing it at the web server. You must start the presentation from the published location for local viewing. If you move the presentation into another folder you will not see the Flash Movie. |
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The Flash Movie will be the first in relation to the Web Object if you put them together on one slide. |