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Inserting Adobe Flash Player compatible files

You can insert Adobe Flash Player compatible files into a page.

After you insert an Adobe Flash Player compatible file into a page, or display a page that already contains an Adobe Flash Player compatible file, the file plays immediately. You can control the playback of the file. If the file has buttons, you can press them on your interactive product. If the file doesn’t have buttons, you can use the options in the file’s menu arrow.

Notes 

  • Adobe Flash Player compatible files on a page must be self-extracting. You’re unable to use Adobe Flash Player compatible files that load or rely on other Adobe Flash Player compatible files.

  • You’re unable to drag an Adobe Flash Player compatible file from an Internet browser into a page.

  • If Adobe Flash Player isn’t installed on your computer, SMART Notebook software notifies you when you insert an Adobe Flash Player compatible file into a page.

  • You can install Adobe Flash Player by visiting adobe.com, but you must use Internet Explorer® Internet browser to install it. If you use another browser, Adobe Flash Player compatible files don’t work in SMART Notebook software.

  • To write on top of an Adobe Flash Player compatible file with a handwriting recognition component, start writing outside the file and continue to write over the file. This enables SMART Notebook software to recognize the digital ink as a separate object from the Adobe Flash Player compatible file.

ClosedTo insert an Adobe Flash Player compatible file

  1. Select Insert > Adobe Flash Player Compatible File.

    The Insert Flash File dialog box appears.

  2. Browse to and select the Adobe Flash Player compatible file that you want to insert into the page.

  3. Press Open.

    The Adobe Flash Player compatible file appears in the upper-left corner of the page.

ClosedTo control an Adobe Flash Player compatible file

  1. Select the Adobe Flash Player compatible file.

  2. Control the file by doing any of the following:

    • To play the file, press the file’s menu arrow, and then select Flash > Play.

    • To play the file from the beginning, press the file’s menu arrow, and then select Flash > Rewind.

    • To advance the file slightly and pause playback, press the file’s menu arrow, and then select Flash > Step Forward.

    • To rewind the file slightly and pause playback, press the file’s menu arrow, and then select Flash > Step Back.

    • To play the file continuously, press the file’s menu arrow, and then select Flash > Loop.

    • To stop playing the file continuously, press the file’s menu arrow, and then clear the selection of Flash > Loop.