Mac PowerPoint & SWF Import Woes

[Guest]

I'm having a problem w/ PowerPoint on a Mac while importing SWF files.

On two different Macs (running OSX 10.4, if that matters) and two different
version of PowerPoint (version X and I believe 2004), I try and import an SWF
file using the "From File" option for importing a movie, but I get an error
that says "This file is not in a recognized movie format."

I know of http://www.flashgeek.com/ but they seem to talk about ActiveX and
older version of powerPoint (I see no "Control Toolbox" option). Is there
indeed some Mac-based Active X control? Or...?

Thank!

--Ted

PS This is sort of a repost from another thread just to be clear it's a
separate issue.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I'm having a problem w/ PowerPoint on a Mac while importing SWF files.

On two different Macs (running OSX 10.4, if that matters) and two different
version of PowerPoint (version X and I believe 2004), I try and import an SWF
file using the "From File" option for importing a movie, but I get an error
that says "This file is not in a recognized movie format."

I know of http://www.flashgeek.com/ but they seem to talk about ActiveX and
older version of powerPoint (I see no "Control Toolbox" option). Is there
indeed some Mac-based Active X control? Or...?

Have a look at Geetesh's article here:

http://www.presentations.com/presentations/technology/article_display.jsp?vnu_co
ntent_id=1000918918

Bottom line: On the Mac, use Insert, Movie, From File; on the PC, follow the
instructions at Flashgeek.com; assume that the results will NOT be
cross-platform. A pity, that.

 

[Guest]

I think I may have stumbled across the answer myself:
When publishing your FLA file, DON'T compress it.
In other words, uncheck the "Compress Movie" box in the Flash Publish
Settings window.

Works w/ importing Flash MX into Mac PowerPoint 2004.

 

[support]

These folks make a commercial application
http://www.powermediatools.com or
http://www.powermediatools.com/download_swf.html to
convert from PPT to SWF

 

[shriparna]

PPT to Flash

Hi,

I tried the same and visited so many forums for that. Ultimately found the solution here.
www.ppt2flashsdk.com
Hope it will help you.