PowerPoint  Dissolves?

Hi Everyone: I'm about to plunk down $700 for Flash CS3. I
will be using it with PowerPoint 2007. Can I use Flash for regular
dissolves in PPT 07? The dissolves in PPT 07 look TERRIBLE!
Thanks!

Hey there,
I'm not quite sure what you mean by "regular dissolves in
PowerPoint". You
can use flash to create a presentation like you would do in
powerpoint (with
a whole lot more options). Or you can create a flash movie
and insert it
into powerpoint (I'd recommend a program like Swiff Point
Player from
http://www.globfx.com/ )
As for dissolving from powerpoint slide to powerpoint slide,
I don't think
flash will help you there.
If you're just looking for cleaner dissolves within PPT, this
might help
(and save you $700 - sorry adobe):
http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/powerpoint_tip_dissolve_one_image_into_another.html
Hope that helps.
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dissolves in PPT 07?
> The dissolves in PPT 07 look TERRIBLE! Thanks!

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