Adobe Acrobat 9 PRO Extended - Manual (Page 349)

343 USING ACROBAT 9 PRO EXTENDED
Editing PDFs
Last updated 9/30/2011
Controls tab Use to set up which play back controls (skins) are available.
• Skin Select the set of play back controls (skin) you want to be displayed on the video.
• Color Click to open the color palette and choose a color for the controls.
• Opacity Sets the degree of transparency for the play back controls.
• Autohide controls When selected, hides the play controls when the mouse pointer is not over the multimedia.
Video tab Available when you are adding a video that is not in FLV format.
• Preview and Trim Drag the Start and End markers below the slider bar to remove unwanted frames from the clip.
This option is only available when a video clip is first added to a PDF.
• Set Poster Image From Current Frame The poster image is displayed when the video isn’t playing. Drag the marker
on the top of the slider bar to the frame you want to use, and then click Set Poster Image From Current Frame.
• Chapter Points Use Chapter Points to create markers in a video from which to launch specific actions. For example,
in a training video, chapter points can link to additional information in a file or on the Web.
To create a chapter point, move the slider to the frame you want to use. In Chapter Points, click the plus sign. To add
an action, highlight the chapter point in the list and click Actions.
Note: Generally, Chapter Point actions can be added only after the multimedia has been created. You can then edit the
play area and add Chapter Point actions.
Edit the play area
1 Select a tool by using one of these methods:
• Select the Video, Sound, or Flash tool from the Multimedia Toolbar.
• Choose Tools > Multimedia, and then choose the appropriate tool.
• Select Tools > Advanced Editing >Select Object tool .
When you move any of these tools over the play area, handles appear on the borders of the play area, even when the
borders are invisible.
2 Click the play area to select it, and then do any of the following:
• Move the clip by dragging its icon to a new location on the page.
• Delete the clip by selecting it and pressing Delete.
• Resize the clip by dragging one of the corners of the frame until it is the desired size. Hold down Shift to retain the
correct proportions for video clips.
Add comments to videos
When you view a video, you can add comments to individual frames. Each comment is attached to a specific frame, so
that when you view the comments, they appear in the context in which they were made.
1 With the video open, choose Comments > Show Comment & Markup Toolbar.
2 Start the video and click Pause where you want to add a comment.
3 Select the commenting tool you want to use from the toolbar, and then click the video frame to add the comment.
4 Click Play to continue the video.
View the comments that have been added by clicking the Comments button in the navigation pane.