Creating and inserting Flash documents within Contribute (Windows only)

You can use Contribute to convert any printable document to a Flash document and insert it into your web page. For more information about the flexibility of Flash documents, see About converting documents with FlashPaper.

In Contribute, Windows users can use the Insert menu or drag a document to convert it and insert it into a page. Macintosh users must convert the document in another application, and then use Contribute to insert it into a page (see Creating a Flash document in another application).

Note: If you are inserting a Microsoft Excel document, and want to specify the area of the document to convert, you should convert the document while working in Excel, and then insert it in your page in Contribute. For more information, see Selecting a Microsoft Excel print area to convert to a Flash document.

To create and insert a Flash document using the Contribute Insert menu:

1. In the draft, place the insertion point where you want the Flash document to appear.
2. Select Insert > Document with FlashPaper.

   The Open dialog box appears.

3. Navigate to the file you want to convert to a Flash document, and then click Open.

   The FlashPaper Options dialog box appears.

   
   
   

4. Select the options you want to apply to the document you are inserting.

   For more information about FlashPaper options, see Completing the FlashPaper Options dialog box.

5. Click OK.

   Contribute converts the document to a Flash document (SWF file) and inserts it into your draft.

Tip: Select Edit > Undo FlashPaper if you want to remove the Flash document (SWF file) you just inserted.

To create and insert a Flash document by dragging:

1. In the draft, place the insertion point where you want the Flash document to appear.

   Tip: Reduce the size of the Contribute window so that you can also see the application that contains the file you plan to drag.

2. Drag the document that you want to convert to the insertion point.
3. If the Insert Microsoft Office Document dialog box appears, select Insert the document with FlashPaper, set options as necessary, and then click OK.

   Contribute converts the document to a Flash document (SWF file) and inserts it into your draft.

Tip: Select Edit > Undo FlashPaper if you want to remove the Flash document you just inserted.

To delete a Flash document from a draft:

1. In the draft, click the Flash document (SWF file) to select it.
2. Press Delete.

Related topics

• About converting documents with FlashPaper
• Using the FlashPaper toolbar
• Creating a Flash document in another application

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