Microsoft Office is the most popular software suite in our daily office use. Flash is one of the most common videos on the web. In another related guide, we showed you how to add Flash SWF to Office Word documents. In this flash to PPT guide we will show you how to embed a Macromedia Flash SWF file into PowerPoint presentations.
In order to make your Flash video work with MS Powerpoint, the key point is to add ActiveX control to the PowerPoint and create a link from it to the Flash file.
Steps to Add Flash to PowerPoint 2007 and PowerPoint 2010 ?
Be sure that the developer tab in the ribbon has been enabled. If not yet, just follow bellow simple steps.
How to Enable Developer tab of the Ribbon for PowerPoint 2007?
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click PowerPoint Options.
2. Click Popular, and then click to select the Show Developer tab in the Ribbon check box under Top options for working with PowerPoint, and then click OK.
How to Enable Developer tab of the Ribbon for PowerPoint 2010?
1. Click File, and then click Options.
2. Click Customize Ribbon, and then check the check box labeled Developer in the right list, and then click OK.
Follow bellow steps to add Flash object to PowerPoint Presentation
Step 1: On the Developer tab, click More Controls in the Controls group.
Step 2: In the list of controls, click Shockwave Flash Object, click OK, and then drag on the slide to draw the control.
Step 3: Resize the control by dragging the sizing handles.
Step 4: Right-click the Shockwave Flash Object, and then click Properties.
Step 5: On the Alphabetic tab, click the Movie property.
In the value column, type the full drive path to the flash slideshow file, including the file name, for example, C\:flash\demo.swf).
Step 6: Close the Properties window and save your presentation. You can click Slide Show or press F5 to preview your presentation.