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Adjusting media playback settings – Apple Numbers '08 User Manual

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Chapter 8

Working with Shapes, Graphics, and Other Objects

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Choose Insert > Choose, select the movie file, and then click Insert.

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To add a movie file using a media placeholder, see “Using Media Placeholders” on
page 170.

Adjusting Media Playback Settings

In the QuickTime Inspector, you can change such settings as when to start and stop a
movie, and the frame to display until the movie starts playing.

To set media playback preferences:

1

Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the QuickTime Inspector button.

2

Click the movie or sound object to select it.

3

To start and stop the movie at particular frames or times, drag the Start and Stop
sliders.

4

To specify which frame of a movie to display until the movie starts playing (called the
“poster frame”), drag the Poster Frame slider until the movie displays the image you
want.

5

Choose a repeat option from the Repeat pop-up menu:

None: Play only once.

Loop: Repeat continuously.

Loop Back and Forth: Play backward and forward continuously.

6

To increase or decrease the playback volume, drag the Volume slider to the right or left.

Set the

playback volume.

Set playback repeat options.

Select the frame

to display until the

movie begins playing.

Use these controls to view
the movie or play sound as
you edit your spreadsheet.

The QuickTime
Inspector button

Start and stop a movie at
particular times.