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| Bringing
Flash Video and Other .SWF Files into PowerPoint |
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| Introduction |
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brief tutorial shows you how to bring your Flix-encoded
Flash video into PowerPoint. While this tutorial
focuses on .SWF video files created with Flix,
it can be applied to any .SWF file. |
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| Encoding
Your Video |
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| Encode
your video in Flix at the bitrate and settings
you choose. Make note of the output SWF movie
dimensions located in the Flix Video tab. |
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| Bringing
your Flix video file into PowerPoint |
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- Open PowerPoint and create a new slide.
- From your Main Menu bar select View>Toolbars>Visual
Basic.
- From the Visual Basic Toolbar, select the
'Control' Toolbox icon and open the 'Control'
Toolbox.
- Choose the More Controls icon and scroll
down the list to Shockwave Flash Object.
- Draw out a rectangle on your slide to any
dimension.
- Right-click on the rectangle you have just
drawn and select Properties. This opens a
list of Movie properties.
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| Embedding
and Viewing Your Video |
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To
embed your video, make the following changes
in the Properties box:
- EmbedMovie: change this value to True
- Height: change this to the correct dimension
of your Flix movie
- Width: change this to the correct dimension
of your Flix movie
- Loop: change to False (unless you want
your video to loop, in which case leave as
True)
- Movie: type in the absolute path of your
.swf movie
To view your video, select Slide show>View
show from the Main Menu. Your Flix video will
play on the slide you placed it on.
For more information on adding Flash to PowerPoint,
please visit Flashgeek's page here. |
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