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ActiveX controls (Access); 2 minutes to read; o; O; L; In this article. Applies to: Access 2013, Office 2013. ActiveX control custom properties dialog box; View an ActiveX control About box. In most cases, you can save the unsupported file format in the supported format from within current versions of Word or PowerPoint. The file is marked as final. The file owner has decided to stop the process of editing or co-authoring the file and the file is now read-only. Most familiar Office Fluent Control Identifiers are compatible with Office for Mac. Some might not be available. For commands that are compatible with Office 2016 for Mac, see idMSOs compatible with Office 2016 for Mac. Support for COM add-ins that use custom ribbon controls: Available: Office 2016 for Mac doesn't support third-party COM add-ins. In this article. You can add controls to your documents to create interactive documents, such as online forms. For general information about adding and working with controls, see Using ActiveX controls on a document and Creating a custom dialog box. Remember the following points when you work with controls on documents.

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Note: We also have a separate site called FlashPPT thatprovides updated content on using PowerPoint and Flash together

The Inevitable

Does Adobe Flash compete with Microsoft PowerPoint? True,PowerPoint has its own uses, its own following - but Flash is different,yet similar in a way. Conventionally, Flash is a web animationtool and PowerPoint is a premier presentation program. Yet, Flashis often used beyond its web boundaries as a multimedia, presentationor a game/quiz tool. PowerPoint has exceeded its limits to createweb presentations, multimedia demos and the like.

Even then, Flash has no readymade equivalents of PowerPoint'soutlines, transitions and bulleted lists. Nor can PowerPoint competewith Flash's output and streaming options. Somewhere down the line,a convergence between Flash and PowerPoint was inevitable.

No Direct Ways

So, how does one insert a Flash SWF movie into PowerPoint? Youcannot insert a Flash SWF using the Insert | Movies & Sounds| Movie From File... command, If you do so, PowerPoint helpfullydisplays a dialog box detailing:

'PowerPoint couldn't insert a movie from the selectedfile. Either the file is non-standard, or QuickTime is not installedproperly.'

Wonder where QuickTime emerged within the PowerPoint-Flash connection!

Update: The message above appeared in older versions ofPowerPoint.

Actually, importing a Flash movie into PowerPoint uses the ActiveXroute - not QuickTime. So, what's ActiveX? Read on...

So, What's ActiveX?

ActiveX is the successor to OLE 1 and OLE 2 - in clear cut, unambiguousterms, this means that ActiveX is a technology that allows components,clients or controls to run individually integrated in another application.

The control could be a Shockwave Flash control - the applications areusually web browsers like Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Alternativelythey can be any program which has the ability to communicate withan ActiveX control. In our case, this program happens to be MicrosoftPowerPoint.

If you want to learn more about ActiveX, you can visit the followinglink:

WebDeveloper's Virtual Library has an excellent introductionto ActiveX. They also maintain an ActiveXlinks page.

A Shockwave Flash Control?

We've already established the fact that PowerPoint can acceptan ActiveX control, enabling it to run independently within PowerPoint.There are more than a thousand ready-to-use ActiveX controls availablepresently, with newer ones being developed regularly.

There's even an Adobe Flash ActiveX control available- in fact if your installation of Internet Explorer is able toplay Flash animations, it means you already have it in your system.

If you add up one plus one to get two, you must have realisedwhere we are heading - we're confirming the fact that a Flash moviecan be played within a PowerPoint presentation using its ActiveXcontrol!

Prerequisites

There are a few prerequisites to playing Flash movies within PowerPoint.

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First, of course is the fact that you need to have PowerPointto view and/or edit your presentation.

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Secondly, you need to have Internet Explorer installed on yoursystem - this question of course, is only elementary since allrecent versions of the Windows operating system have this componentinstalled.

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Finally, the Adobe Shockwave Flash ActiveX control needsto be installed. Each version of Adobe Flash gives birth toan updated ActiveX control - and even if the ActiveX control ispresent on your system, it would be worthwhile to install the latestversion.

Installing The Shockwave Flash Control

To install or update your Shockwave Flash control, all you needto do is to visit the following URL with Internet Explorer andfollow instructions. If all goes well, your installation of InternetExplorer should be updated with the latest Shockwave Flash ActiveXcontrol in less than 10 minutes on a 33.6 kbps dialup connection(faster on DSL, cable or most other options).

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Note: We also have a separate site called FlashPPT thatprovides updated content on using PowerPoint and Flashtogether

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