Adobe ACROBAT 9 HOW-TOS - Inserting Flash Media in a PDF File

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C H A P T E R T H I R T E E N Using Flash Video and 3D Media
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You can embed media les directly into PDF documents within Acrobat,
or you can add the media to a source document—such as a Word docu-
ment or an Excel spreadsheet—and then convert the le (Windows). Read
how in #14, “Adding Specialized Media Content.”
In Acrobat 9 Pro and Pro Extended, add a movie to a PDF document
by embedding the movie or linking to it. An embedded movie is inte-
grated into the PDF document itself, while a linked movie simply has a
programmed link from the PDF document to the original movie, stored
in its original location.
Tip
Choose the linked option if you intend to use the PDF le online and store
the FLV le online as well for streaming and faster display.
To include a movie le in your PDF document—regardless of its
format—Acrobat automatically uses the Insert Video dialog, whether
you’ve started with the Flash or Movie tools.
To insert an FLV (Flash video) movie le, follow these steps:
1. Open the PDF le you want to use, and choose Tools > Multimedia >
Show Multimedia Toolbar.
2. Select the Flash tool on the Multimedia toolbar, and draw a mar-
quee or double-click the page to open the Insert Flash dialog.
3. Click Browse to locate and select the le you want to use (shown in the
File eld).
If you use the Flash tool and select an FLV (Flash Video) movie le, the
dialog automatically changes to the Insert Movie dialog, although
some of its settings are specic to Flash video, rather than other types
of video.
Note
When you select the le, notice that the “Snap to content proportions”
check box appears in the dialog and is selected by default, maintaining
the width/height ratio of the movie le on the page.
4. Select the Show Advanced Options check box to display three tabs of
additional settings.
Inserting Flash Media
in a PDF File
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“X” Marks the Spot
Hardware acceleration in
Windows is based on the
DirectX driver. To test the
DirectX driver on your
computer, you can run the
DirectX Diagnostic Tool. Its
location on your hard drive
varies based on the OS
installed, service packs, and
so on. To find it, click Start >
Search and type DxDiag.exe.
Double-click the name in the
results list to open the tool,
which walks you through
several pages of testing.
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