Playing Cp2 Flash output in PowerPoint slide

I am not having any success in the ebedding the .swf
along with the _skin.swf of my movie into a powerpoint slide. I see
in the proerties the Movie field where I type in the path to the
,swf, but how do I enter in the other _skin.swf file?

Welcome to our community, cmaroney2001
Have you tried linking only to the skin.SWF?
Assuming it proves problematic, you may find that by
combining the skin SWF with the main part of the movie you have
better results. To do that, click Project > Skin > Borders
tab and DE-select the "Show borders" check box.
Cheers... Rick

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