I've received a few emails lately about problems with inserting a Flash movie into PowerPoint. I couldn't replicate the problem, but one of my colleagues asked me just the other day about it. In my tutorials on the steps to insert Flash movies into PowerPoint there is one step that seems to cause a problem. I refer in those tutorials to a setting in the Properties dialog box for (Custom). In the case of my friend, it was there one time and gone at a later date. Where it went and why it disappeared is still a mystery. However -- good news. I figured out how to make the same settings manually and it only takes a minute more.

This article on Problems Inserting Flash Movies into PowerPoint? will get you on your way in no time.

Previous Flash and PowerPoint articles

• Insert Flash Movies into PowerPoint 2007
• Insert Flash Movies into PowerPoint 2003 (and earlier)