Keynote, Quicktime & Flash

Hello,
As QT 7.4 no longer allows Flash to be imported, I am (sigh) actually going to try and build another boot drive that will let me use Flash in Keynote.
Does anyone know what the latest version of QT is that WILL allow Flash 5 import?
Does anyone know what the last version of QT is that Keynote 4.02 can use?
[warning wrong forum question] Does anyone know if it's possible to boot from a flash drive? It's kind of silly to have to attach a Firewire drive to a laptop to give presentations...
I'm hoping a clean install of 10.5 will do the trick...
Many thanks...

Welcome to the discussions, json4d.
There's a step by step on how to do it at this link.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6830523
Many have been successful, some have rendered their computers unusable.

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    I am trying to convert a keynote presentation into flash, but when I do I lose the videos. How do I stop this from happening?
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