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<< when I insert them as a media clip, but what I really want is for them to appear keyed into the background of the slide, in other words, I want them to overlay the slide material with the key color showing the slide material underneath >> As you have surmised, this is not possible. This is due to the way the Player and FLC format is written. If this effect is ABSOLUTELY nesessary, then you will need to switch to AVI or something else. <<What I get is a Window "box" with the clip in it and the title of the clip in the top of the box. Setting the options for "no border" and "no title" don't seem to have any effect, as they do on my system with the *.avi player.>> No, you can't change the border and title either. The reason for this is you are not actually calling up the media player, which is what powerpoint controls. You are calling up the media player, which in turn is calling up the Autodesk Windows player. The settings for no border or title have no effect, since the window displayed is not actually a media clip window. <<But I still can't seem to get the transparent key color to work. Is my problem the same as the question you just answered here? (ie that the mciaap drv does not support transparent keys?)>> Yes. <<Also, I notice that my Windows AA driver "mciaap.drv" is dated about Oct 91! Is this the latest one? The driver applet calls it Animation1. Is there a newer one available? Would it make any difference?>> You have the latest. <<,Thanks for answering these "newbie" questions. I'm on my way to the files library here.>> That's why we're here. Make sure to download FLICIN.TXT. I don't think it will give you any information you don't already have, but just in case… -Brian