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CHAPTER 7
Troubleshooting
This chapter describes two problems you may encounter when using Macromedia Breeze
Presenter, and offers possible solutions.
This chapter covers the following topics:
•
“Optimizing Flash (SWF) files”
•
“Controlling inserted SWF files”
Optimizing Flash (SWF) files
Each slide in a presentation is loaded as an individual external Macromedia Flash asset and can be
augmented with any SWF file. When working with embedded SWF files, follow these guidelines:
•
Author the Flash SWF file at 30 frames per second. Breeze Presenter presentations are created
at 30 frames per second, so Flash files with the same setting can be integrated into the
presentation smoothly.
•
In Flash, set the maximum canvas size to 720 x 540 pixels.
•
Don’t use _root or absolute movie clip references. Use relative paths in the MovieClip object
references, not _root.
•
The SWF file you want to embed must not attempt to make any changes outside its own file.
Therefore, the code cannot refer to the following variables:
_level#
,
_global
, or
stage
.
Controlling inserted SWF files
If you added a SWF file to a presentation, but are having trouble using the Breeze Presenter
playbar (Stop, Pause, Play, or other buttons) to control the SWF file in the viewer, you may need
to change a setting.
To specify how an inserted SWF file is controlled:
1.
In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT file) that contains an added SWF file.
2.
From the Breeze menu, select Presentation Settings.
3.
Click the Flash Files tab.
4.
Select one of the Flash files in the list.
