I have an embedded SWF file in a PPT 2007 presentation, added as a 'Shockwave Flash Object' to a slide. It has a 'Playing' property, which when set to 'True' allows it to play when the slide show is run.

But, once the slide show finishes, it automatically switches to 'False', and if the file is saved, it will not run unless set to 'True' again. I need to send this file to a client to run, but they may need to change some data on some of the slides, and I'm worried that if they have run the presentation before they change the data, and save it, it will no longer work for them. I can explain to them how to switch that property to true, but not sure if that is beyond their competence level, and I'd like to avoid that if possible.

Is there a way to set this property so that it does not reset itself once run? I'd prefer not to use a macro (but would like to know if it is the only option), as I do not know at this time what their security settings are.

Thanks for any input.