How do I get the Shockwave Flash Object as opposed to the Active X Control in Powerpoint?

Question

I'm running the latest versions of Windows 7 and PowerPoint 2003. I want to insert a Flash movie into a PowerPoint slide. The instructions I've found tell me to look in Developer section->More Controls, find Shockwave Flash Object, use it to insert a Flash Object, and then to edit the Movie property of that object. But, I do not see Shockwave Flash Object. Instead I see Shockwave ActiveX Control. The properties of Shockwave ActiveX Control do not include a Movie property.

I have the latest Shockwave and plug-ins from Adobe.

How can I get the Shockwave Flash Object for PowerPoint into my installation?

Someone asked this same question in 2010 but never got an answer.

Thanks very much in advance to all for any info.

Sloggerfogger · Answer

I have all the latest Adobe guff but I use Chrome. I left everything as it was and opened Internet Explorer, downloaded all Adobe Flash again and when I opened my PowerPoint Shockwave Flash Object was now there ! Phew, only a whole day instead of weeks messing about. Hope it works for you !

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