Why does the "play" box get unticked after I play shockwave/flash

I am in the process of embedding a shockwave flash file in a powerpoint
presentation

after I save and play this once - the "play" box in properties gets unticked
and I cannoot replay or even exit the presentation - what am I missing?

You're not missing anything. PPT just does this, I don't know why. I do know
it's irritating.

Shyam Pillai has a FlashBack add-in that will resolve the issue.
http://skp.mvps.org/flashback.htm It must be installed on all systems
playing the presentation.

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"Paul" Paul @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
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I am in the process of embedding a shockwave flash file in a powerpoint
presentation

after I save and play this once - the "play" box in properties gets
unticked
and I cannoot replay or even exit the presentation - what am I missing?