Playing a Movie Using an ActiveX Control


Although you cannot insert a Director or Flash movie into a PowerPoint 2007 presentation, you can play one in a presentation using an ActiveX control and the Shockwave or Flash players (New!). You can get these ActiveX controls at http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/activex/. To play the Director (.dcr) or Flash (.swf) movie, add the Director Shockwave or Shockwave Flash Object ActiveX control to the slide and create a link to the file. Before you can use the ActiveX controls, they need to be registered (available in More Controls) on the play back computer. If it's not registered, download and install the latest Shockwave or Flash player on your computer. If a movie doesn't play, check ActiveX security options in the Trust Center of PowerPoint Options.

Play a Director Movie


Save the Director movie to a Director Shockwave file (.dcr) using the Director software.

In Normal view, display the slide on which you want to play the Director movie.

Click the Developer tab.

Click the More Controls button.

Click Shockwave ActiveX Control.

Click OK.

Drag to draw the control.

Right-click the Shockwave ActiveX Object, and then click Properties.

Click the Alphabetic tab.

Click the SCR property, click in the column next to SRC, type full path and file name (c:\MyFolder\ Movie.dcr), or the URL to the Director file you want.

Timesaver

If you place the .dcr file in the same folder as your presentation, you only need to type the file name.


When you're done, click the Close button.

Play a Flash Movie


Save the Flash file to a Flash movie file (.swf) using the Flash software.

In Normal view, display the slide on which you want to play the Flash movie.

Click the Developer tab.

Click the More Controls button.

Click Shockwave Flash Object.

Click OK.

Drag to draw the control.

Right-click the Shockwave Flash Object, and then click Properties.

Click the Alphabetic tab.

Click the Movie property, click in the value column next to Movie, type full path and file name (c:\MyFolder\Movie.swf), or the URL to the Flash movie file you want.

Timesaver

If you place the .dcr file in the same folder as your presentation, you only need to type the file name.


To set specific options, choose any of the following:

  • To play the file automatically when the slide appears, set the Playing property to True.

  • To play the movie once, set the Loop property to False.

  • To embed the Flash file, set the EmbedMovie property to True.

When you're done, click the Close button.



Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 On Demand
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 On Demand
ISBN: 0789736438
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 348

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