Re: Suport for Flash animation (.swf) files in Powerpoint 2008?

Hi,

It all depends upon what you want to do with these products. Adobe aays
this about flash at the Adobe Flash site:

"What is Adobe Flash CS3 Professional?
    Adobe® Flash® CS3 Professional software is the industry-standard
tool for creating interactive content. Whether you are creating
interactive websites, advertising, games, or mobile content, Flash CS3
Professional provides the tools you need to deliver an engaging user
experience."

The focus is quite narrow, and it does not seem that Adobe cares a whole
bunch about being compatible with file formats other than Flash.

You can always hyperlink to a Flash animation, and maybe you could do
something with an AppleScript that can be called via Visual Basic if you
want to dress it up a bit.

Have you checked out any of the newer Flash alternatives? Microsoft has
Silverlight
http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/
http://www.popfly.com/

Silverlight is included on the Microsoft Macintosh Office 2008 install
CD, although hardly anyone has noticed it.

Adobe has something new called Air, which shipped today (2/25/2008)
http://www.adobe.com/products/air/

-Jim

Jim,

Thanks for the leads. Most of the info on the 'net refers to the Flash delivery of video, as opposed to my requirement of time-line based, interactive animation.
Your last link probably sums it up with 'potential security vulnerabilities in Quicktime's Flash media handler'. Maybe lots of finger-pointing and no-one taking ownership.
Unless there are any other possible tools available through PowerPoint for this method of delivery, I may have to look at using the Presentation tools of Flash, rather than PowerPoint. Pity, as PowerPoint is generally more fluid for the main task of building a presentation.

Murray