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How to Turn a Slideshow Into Flash

If you want to spruce up your PowerPoint presentation with the latest media technology, one way to go is to convert it to a Flash slide show. A Flash slide show will not only let you easily add animations, sounds, and graphic and video effects, but will also let you add all the Web interactivity you'll ever need.

Turning a PowerPoint slide show or even a real slide show into a Flash slide show isn't complicated, in fact it's downright simple. You just import your slides into Flash Slide Show presenter, add a few projector control buttons and you are done.

Adobe Flash Professional, CS3, CS4 or CS5 version
Microsoft PowerPoint
Pictures or illustration files in jpeg or gif format

Instructions

- 1
  
  Set up your computer workspace
  
  Start Adobe Flash Professional. Select "File>New" from the main menu bar. Select "General" tab on the dialog box. Then select "Flash Slide Presentation" from the list presented.
  
  Select "Window>Workspace>Developer"
- 2
  
  Export your PowerPoint slides.
  
  Open your PowerPoint file where your slide show resides. Select "File>Save As" Choose "gif" or "jpeg" from the "file type" list box. Select OK.
- 3
  
  Import your slides into Flash.
  
  Select "File>Import"Import to Stage" from the main menu. Use the file directory dialog box to browse for the location of your gif or jpeg files. Select the first image file and press OK. Select the "+" icon from the Flash slide show editor. Import the next slide into that slide. Continue in this manner until all of the slides have been imported.
- 4
  
  Create your slide projector controls
  
  Select the image on the screen. Press the selection tool and then position the cursor over the image and click the mouse. Select "Window>Behavior." Select the "+" icon on the "Behaviors" dialog box that appears. Select "Next slide" from the "actions" list. Select "On press" from the "event list." Repeat the process for the remaining images that you have imported.
- 5
  
  Test your slide show.
  
  Select "Control>Test movie." On the slide that appears, position your cursor over the image and click the mouse. Check to see that the slide show advances to the next slide. Repeat for all the slides for which you've assigned behaviors.

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