Flash Object Properties
Important Note - Make sure that all components of your presentation, including any photos and sounds as well as your Flash movie are in the same folder.Referring to the screen shot above of Properties dialog box for the Shockwave Flash object, make the following settings.
- EmbedMovie - Set this to True to make sure that your Flash movie always stays with your presentation.
- Height - The Height measurement that is listed here, is the height of the box that you drew to insert the Flash movie. If you want your movie to be a specific height, enter that number here (pixels).
- Loop - Set this option to True if you want the Flash movie to play continuously. (As an side note, I have found that this Loop function is not always reliable.)
- Movie - Type the complete path to your Flash movie. The path is the file name including the folder structure. For example, the path to my Flash movie is -
C:\WR Documents\Flash Movies\my_flash_movie.swf
- Playing - Set this option to True. This will ensure that the Flash movie will play the next time you enter this PowerPoint presentation. If the setting is left at "False", your Flash movie may not play the next time you open this presentation. (It seems to be a finicky setting if left at "False" -- I found that sometimes my Flash movie played a small portion of the movie and other times it did not play at all.)
- Width - The Width measurement that is listed, is the width of the box that you drew to insert the Flash movie. If you want your movie to be a specific width, enter that number here (pixels).
