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USING ACROBAT 9 PRO
Multimedia and 3D models
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To display an image in the play area when the video or sound isn't playing, select a poster option, and then click OK.
After you add the video to the PDF, you can specify additional properties that determine how the clip appears and
plays.
Note: If an alert message tells you that no media handler is available, install the appropriate player before you add clips
to the PDF. For example, install QuickTime if to embed an MOV file in a PDF.
Advanced multimedia options
To view advanced multimedia options when you insert video, sound, or interactive content, select Show Advanced
Options in the Insert dialog box.
You can also change these options after multimedia has been added to a PDF. Double-click the multimedia with the
Select Object tool (Tools > Advanced Editing > Select Object Tool).
Note: Video and sound quality settings can only be changed when a file is added to a PDF.
These features are available for FLV and SWF files only. In Acrobat Pro Extended, you can convert files to these
formats.
Different options are available in the dialog box depending on the format of the file.
Displays when you insert SWF files.
Flash tab
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Flash developers can use the FlashVars field to add ActionScript™ variables for the selected file.
Flash Vars
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Pass Context Menu Click to Flash Movie
menu with the context menu of the originating SWF file. When the user right-clicks the SWF file, the available options
are from the originating file.
Use these settings to determine how the media is started and stopped, where it is displayed, and
Launch Settings tab
what is displayed when the media isn't running.
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Select options to determine when the media is played and stopped. From the Playback Style
Activation Settings
menu, select Play Content In Floating Window to have the video or interactive content run outside the page. Content
in a floating window enables users to read the page and view the video or application at the same time.
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Creates a black border around the video or interactive content. For sound, the border surrounds the
Border Width
poster image.
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To use an image that is not part of the file you are adding, select Create Poster From File. Click
Poster Image
Browse to find the image you want to be displayed when the video, sound, or interactive content is not activated.
Use this tab to list all files that are required to run a SWF file. When a file is displayed in the list of added
Resources tab
files, you can click it to set the file properties.
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When you click a filename in the Resources list, the full filename (including the path) is displayed in the
Properties
Name field. You can rename the resources to ensure that scripts run properly.
Use to set up which play back controls (skins) are available.
Controls tab
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Select the set of play back controls (skin) you want to be displayed on the video.
Skin
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Click to open the color palette and choose a color for the controls.
Color
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Sets the degree of transparency for the play back controls.
Opacity
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When selected, hides the play controls when the mouse pointer is not over the multimedia.
Autohide controls
SWF file developers can select this option to replace the Acrobat context
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