How to Insert SWF to Power Point Presentation

PowerPoint Presentation is a multifunction program which provides solutions to present slide shows at business sessions, lectures, and so on.

 

No matter you are giving the presentation for business or lecture, it will be outstanding if you add video or Flash (.swf) to the slide show. This passage is to tell you the way to insert Flash (.swf) to Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) for showing on any PC.

 

First of all, I’d like to say that it is not the only way show your ideas by presenting a PPT, since we know that Adobe Acrobat also has its presentation functions. Although, Adobe just released Adobe Acrobat 9, which supports FLV and SWF importing and PPT to PDF converting, PowerPoint still has it own market, since it is a free and user-friendly program. (For more information about Acrobat 9, please refer to Flash Video Arrives in Adobe Acrobat 9

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Now let’s see, how to insert Flash to PowerPoint Presentation.

 

Before we get to the point, I’d like to tell you why we choose to import Flash (.swf). The only reason is that Flash is smaller in size. Once you have a Macromedia Flash Player, you can play it freely.

 

In order to play the Flash on PPT without problem, we must make sure that the Macromedia Flash Player is the latest version. And then, follow my easy steps below. There are three alternatives:

 

Insert Object:

1. Open the PPT file in which you plan to insert the Flash.
2. Click Insert and select Object.
3. In the dialog box, check Create from file and insert the SWF by clicking the Browse button.
4. Click OK to confirm and you will see an object with the name of your SWF on the PPT page.
5. Right click on the object and select Action Settings.
6. In the pop-up dialog box, under the Mouse Click tab, check Object action and select “Activate Contents”.
7. Click OK to confirm.

 

Preview:

Click Slide Show and View Show to preview the PPT.
Once you click on the object, the .swf will play in the pop-up Macromedia Flash player.

 

From URL:

In this way, you will be able to add any online Flash to your PPT. The file size will be very small. But you need an internet connection while presenting.

 

1. Choose View/ Toolbars/ Control Toolbox/. In this way, you will get the toolbox will show.
2. Click More Controls and select Shockwave Flash Object.
3. Drag an area for playing the .swf on the page.
4. Right click on the area and choose Properties. The Properties dialog box will show.
5. Insert the URL behind “Movie”
6. Set EmbedMovie as “True”. (In this way, you can view the SWF offline in the PPT without the need of the original .swf.)

 

Preview the PPT by pressing F5 and you will see the SWF embedded in your PPT.

 

From Local:

This way is similar with the second way.
1. Choose View/ Toolbars/ Control Toolbox/
2. More Controls/ Shockwave Flash Object
3. Drag the area for playing the .swf
4. Right click on the area/ Properties
5. Insert the address of the .swf file behind “Movie” (e.g. D:\Documents and Settings\Betty\Desktop\ ashlee_300x202.swf. If your put the SWF and the target PPT in the same folder, you can just insert the name. But while presenting on other computers, you need both the .swf and .ppt. And still, they must be in the same folder.)
6. Set EmbedMovie as “True” (In this way, you can embed the Flash into the PPT file. The size of the PPT will be bigger, but you needn’t take the SWF file for presenting.)

 

All the solutions above have their own advantages. You can choose any of them upon your need. If you have ever downloaded some online videos, you will find that most of them are FLV. For more information about embedding FLV to PPT, please refer to How to insert FLV files to a PowerPoint Presentation.