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bamaurer
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November 30, 2009
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Integrating a link to .swf (on same computer) from powerpoint?

  • November 30, 2009
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This is a bit "off base," but I thought someone here may be able to help. I am working on some interactive animations for an upcoming meeting. Ideally, I would love to be able to have an interactive slide within powerpoint, however – don't think that is even possible.

That being said, I would like to place a link within a powerpoint presentation, so that when you click it, it launches a browser window and displays the .swf – preferably not online, just within a browser window.

Currently, when I try this, it is trying to open up flash to read the .swf, anyone have any experience with something like this?

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Ned Murphy
Ned Murphy
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November 30, 2009

Powerpoint is supposed to be able o support having Flash content in it.  Try going thru the PowerPoint help documentation... serach for "insert Flash"

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bamaurerAuthor
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November 30, 2009

interactive functionality Ned? I thought that it could just handle movies.

Is there a way to call up a swf within the computer to open in a browser window that you know of?

Ned Murphy
Ned Murphy
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November 30, 2009

I don't know what's involved or limited with embedding Flash in a PP presentation... If it were mine to conquer, I'd probably avoid PP and just use Flash for the presentation.

If you want to link to a browser then you need to link to an html web page containing the Flash content, not an swf file.  That will trigger opening a browser.  If you target the link at the swf file it should open the Flash Player, not the Flash editing software, though it may kick and scream along the way regarding security issues.

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