Read the Indezine review of FlashSpring Pro.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint
Introduction
About FlashSpring Pro
Download and Installation
Using FlashSpring Pro
Pricing and Support
Conclusion
To buy a product that converts PowerPoint presentations to Flash SWFs is no longer an easy decision to make -- what with twenty-plus offerings out there! And since each of these applications has something different (and seemingly better) than the other, this decision can be downright confusing.
FlashSpring Pro is one such application -- what does it do different, how does it perform, and what is my opinion? Read on.
BackFlashSpring Pro is from CPS Labs, a company based in Russia -- which provides IT services and solutions you can learn more and download a trial version of FlashSpring Pro from their site.
They also have a free version of FlashSpring that does very basic conversion, but for anything else, you'll have to look at their Pro version.
Unlike other PowerPoint to Flash converters, FlashSpring Pro also lets you travel the other way by inserting Flash SWF movies inside PowerPoint slides.
My contact at FlashSpring Pro for this review was Yury Uskov - thank you, Yury.
BackDownload the installer from the their site, run the setup routine and follow the instructions.
When installed, the add-in creates an FlashSpring Pro Toolbar within
PowerPoint as shown in Figure 1 -- if you don't find
it there choose View | Toolbars | FlashSpring Pro Toolbar.
When installed, follow these steps to convert a PowerPoint file to SWF using FlashSpring Pro.
All the options on the FlashSpring Pro are explained below:
FlashSpring Pro costs $149.00 for a single-user license. Multiple user licenses are available.
Email support is complemented by a small online FAQ.
BackFlashSpring Pro does support all the simple animations in PowerPoint but if you apply a more uncommon animation such as "Color Typewriter", then the output won't have any animation.
Having said that, the product is easy to use -- and works great in a majority of scenarios. It's certainly one of the better designed PowerPoint to Flash converter products.
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