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Using Adobe Flash As a Presentation Tool in Court
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Written by Paul Hartzell   
Thursday, 24 April 2008

Some of you may have heard that I have been using Adobe Flash for creating court exhibits. I started using Flash a couple of years ago after taking a course at a local community college. I use Flash as an alternative to PowerPoint, but it clearly has features that reach beyond the best features of PowerPoint. If I have simple graphics, text, or audio clips, most likely I’ll stick with PowerPoint. It’s easier by far. But if I have video, I will never again use PowerPoint.

PowerPoint may work for CSI clips, but the biggest problem with PowerPoint and video is that 1) the video must be linked. 2) When the video is playing, all resources are dedicated to the playing of that video. I cannot annotate over the video or control the stopping or starting. But as I said, PowerPoint is great for simple linear exhibits.
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