It’s possible to run a Google Earth file from within PowerPoint. I use Office XP, so the procedure could be different on other versions, but is quite straight forward.
Save a Google Earth .kmz file on your computer and insert it as an object. When the Insert Object dialogue pops up choose Create From File and browse for the selected file. In PowerPoint, right click the new object and choose Action Settings. In the new dialogue, select Object Action and Activate Contents. Finally you might want to improve the visual appeal of the Object, which can be done using Format Object.
Thats it. Now you can fly out of PowerPoints!
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Will try this tomorrow.
This sounds rather sexy!
Definitely going to try this – I have just done a couple of powerpoints where I wanted to use Google Earth half way through and had to come out of the presentation and then into Google Earth – this will be much better – thank you for this!
I am going to try this right now. Will let you know how it works out!!
I tried this and it worked but I had two issues. One was that I get a warning asking if I am sure I want to open it because it could be dangerous to the computer. The second one is that when I am in the slideshow mode and click on the kmz file, it just advances to the next slide. Any suggestions how to overcome these issues?
I would like to be able to click and have it open without the warning and without advancing to the next slide.
Thanks!
Is there a way of accessing the Google Earth file without the warning box coming up. This is a little distracting during a presenation.
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