Learn how to insert Flash movies using Developer tab into PowerPoint 2007 for Windows. This technique is now deprecated.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2007 for Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows XP and higher
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To insert a Flash movie into PowerPoint 2007, you must enable the Developer tab on the Ribbon. You also need to have the updated version of Adobe's Shockwave Flash ActiveX control. To make sure, you have the current version installed, go to this site (link no longer works) using Microsoft Internet Explorer.
To bring in the Flash movie within PowerPoint, you also should copy your Flash movie to the same folder which contains the PowerPoint presentation.
Follow these steps to insert a Flash movie into PowerPoint 2007 using the Developer tab:
If you save your PowerPoint presentations with Flash movies inserted in them as the default PPTX files, then those Flash movies will not play in PowerPoint 2003 or previous versions (on Windows). To have them play in those older versions, you should work with PPT files (the older PowerPoint file format) rather than PPTX files.
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