NikolajNyborg
Mon Aug 04 04:52:01 CDT 2008
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" wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Echo [MS PPT MVP]
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>
>
> "Narnian Rockhound" <NarnianRockhound@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:0C5E7A84-561B-44A2-BC5E-E7FB8276F301@microsoft.com...
> >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.
>