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Hi Mike, << Powerpoint and flics…>> I do not have any experience in this matter. You may wish to start a dialog with Brian Rudolph[adesk] 71722,170, who may be able to help you. I found the following file in the lib that demonstrates…. File Info for DEMO1.ZIP Section: Autodesk Animator Contributor: 70372,2437 Size: 1369290 Submitted: 10/30/92 Type: Binary Accesses: 98 Title: Ani Pro/Powerpoint Combined for Presentations Keys: SPEAKER SUPPORT MULTIMEDIA SLIDES POWERPOINT ANIMATION First of two files (DEMO2.ZIP is the other) containing a demo that shows the power of combining Animator Pro with Powerpoint templates for speaker support or multimedia presentations. Requires nine mbytes free disk space, three mbytes RAM, and SVGA graphics card. Unzip DEMO1 and DEMO2 separately in C:\MXA and read README.TXT for installation instructions, including how to install on drives other than C:. . .(Approximate download time at 2400 baud using CIS B: 1:50:00)

There is another doc to check out, about how to play a flic in Powerpoint, FLICIN.TXT. There are issues about playing without the border and title bar which may mean you have to go into AVI format. There are convertors (Splice, InSynch, Videdit) which can take a Flic -> AVI. Soon, when AAStudio is released, you can use that! File Info for FLICIN.TXT Section: Index and Info Contributor: 71722,170 Size: 4542 Submitted: 3/29/94 Type: Text Accesses: 380 Title: Importing Animations into Windows Aplications Keys: AAWIN AA AAPRO WINDOWS IMPORT EMBED Paper describes how to import or embed an Autodesk animation into a Windows application using the Autodesk Windows Player. Circumvents the need for the Windows Player to be an OLE server. (Approximate download time at 2400 bps using CIS B: 0:15) (An ASCII file; read online, capture to a file, or download with a protocol)