Inserting Flash swf into microsoft applications

Often I have been asked how to insert a flash swf into powerpoint / word / excel documents. I have tried to list the steps the user needs to perform in order to add a flash swf into PowerPoint / Word / Excel documents
The basic requirement is that the PC needs a flash player (so does the PC where you need to send the MS office document)
1. Start your MS office program.
2. Click View menu-> Toolbars-> Control Toolbox
3. On the control Toolbox click on the more controls button (see Image) A list of controls shall appear.
4. Select the "Shockwave Flash Object" the list shall disappear and the mouse cursor shall turn into an cross-hair cursor.
5. Draw a rectangle on the document, (you can change the position / size later on)
6. Right click on the object and select properties, A window with a list of properties shall appear
7. In the movie property type the path of the flash swf file and set the embedmovie property to true

Thats it... you are done.

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