Tutorial

Flash animations are animations made in Macromedia Flash. Flash animations are very common and can be used in a powerpoint presentation.

Flash Animations

Flash animations are animations made in Macromedia Flash. Flash animations are very common and can be used in a powerpoint presentation.

Copy your SWF file to the same folder as your saved blank or existing presentation. In PowerPoint, navigate to the slide where you want to insert your Flash SWF movie .

1. Open the Control toolbox(if it isn't open already) by clicking on View->Toolbars->Control Toolbox.

2. Click on More Options, the icon on the bottom right. This will open a drop down menu. Select Shockwave Flash Object. The Shockwave Flash control must be installed on your computer otherwise the Shockwave Flash Object will not be listed in the Control Toolbox.

3. Draw a rectangle, don't worry about the size now. We'll take care of that later.

4. Right click the inerted Shockwave Flash Object and then on properties in the drop-down menu.

5. Change the EmbedMovie property from False to True.

6. Change the Movie property to the path of your file. If your file is in Program Files on disc C, and is called abc.swf then type C:\Program Files\abc.swf

7. You can change the width and height of the video by changing the height and width property values.

To view the flash animation you need to start the presentation.

Object animations

Here is a tutorial on how to animate objects in PowerPoint..

1. Right click your object. Select Custom Animation.

2.Click on Add Effect , then choose your desired effect.

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3. You can edit the animations duration, how it takes place and when it takes place by right clicking it, and then chosing Timing or Effect options.

Transitions

One of the simplest animations to make is a transition. They are very easy to make.

How to make a transition:

1. Click on Slideshow on the menu, and then on Slide transition.

2. Click on a slide in the Slide toolbar (it should be on the left side of the screen by default), and then apply a transition from the new Slide Transition toolbar.