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Importing SWF files and video files

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Add and manage SWF files in presentations

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Add and manage SWF files in presentations

Adobe Presenter enables you to add SWF files to presentations. (For information about adding video files, see Import video. You can use a SWF

file to add content or visual interest (for example, an animated pointer).

Each slide in a presentation is loaded as an individual external Flash asset and can be augmented with any SWF file. When working with

embedded SWF files, follow these guidelines:

Author the SWF file at 30 frames per second. Adobe Presenter presentations are created at 30 frames per second, so SWF files with the

same setting can be integrated into the presentation smoothly.

Do not use _root or absolute movie clip references. Use relative paths in the MovieClip object references, not _root.

The SWF file you want to embed must not attempt to change anything outside its own file. Therefore, the code cannot see the following

variables: _level#, _global, or stage.

In Adobe Presenter 7.0.7, use AS3 SWF files for better results while controlling the SWF file through the presentation toolbar.

Insert a SWF file into a presentation

A Flash (SWF) file is a compiled, view-only file that delivers graphics and animation over the Internet.

If you have created animated simulations and demonstrations in Adobe Captivate, you can easily add them to your presentations. Certain

Adobe Captivate projects, such as training demonstrations or software simulations, can be useful in presentations.

1. In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT or PPTX file).

2. Click Adobe Presenter, and in the Insert group, click SWF > Insert.

3. From the Import On list in Import Options, click the slide on which you want to insert the SWF file.

4. Under Import Options, select Slide animation or Sidebar animation.

5. Navigate to the location of your SWF file and select the SWF file.

6. (Optional) To preview the SWF file directly in the Insert Flash (SWF) dialog box, select Preview.

7. Click Open. Adobe Presenter adds the SWF file to the slide.

8. (Optional) If necessary, select the file and drag it to a new location on the slide.

Use PowerPoint to preview how the SWF content appears in your presentation. In PowerPoint, from the View menu, select slideshow.

(In PowerPoint 2007/2010, Trust Center settings for ActiveX may prevent Flash animations embedded in slides from playing in the

slideshow.)

Control an inserted SWF file through the Adobe Presenter playbar

When you add a SWF file to a presentation, you can choose whether to control the SWF file through the Adobe Presenter playbar (Stop, Pause,

Play, and so on) or the playbar in the original SWF file. For example, if you add an Adobe Captivate demonstration SWF file to the presentation,

you can control the demonstration through the Adobe Presenter playbar in the viewer or the playbar in the Adobe Captivate demonstration.

This setting is only available for SWF files added as slide video, not SWF files added as sidebar video.

Ordinarily, you want to control the SWF file through the Adobe Presenter playbar because Adobe Presenter buffers the next two slides. If you don’t

control the file through the Adobe Presenter playbar, the SWF file begins to play too early.

1. In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT or PPTX file) containing an added SWF file.

2. Click Adobe Presenter, and in the Insert group, click SWF > Manage.

3. Next to one of the files in the list, select the Control Using Presentation Playbar option.

4. Click OK.