Adobe InDesign CS3 User Manual
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QuickTime 6.0 or later is required to work with movies in InDesign. You can add QuickTime, AVI, MPEG, and SWF
movies, and you can add WAV, AIF, and AU sound clips. InDesign supports only 8- or 16-bit WAV files that are not
compressed.
Keep track of the media files you add to an InDesign document during the production cycle. If you move a linked
media clip after adding it to the document, use the Links panel to relink it. If you send the InDesign document to
another person, include any media files you add.
Note: For other users to view media in a PDF document, they must have Acrobat 6.x or later to play MPEG and SWF
movies, or Acrobat 5.0 or later to play QuickTime and AVI movies.
See also
Add a movie or a sound file
1
Do any of the following:
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Choose File > Place, and then double-click the movie or sound file. Click where you want the movie to appear. (If
you drag to create the media frame, the movie boundary may appear cropped or skewed.)
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Drag the media file from Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac OS) into the document.
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To convert a frame into a media clip, select the frame and choose Object > Interactive > Movie Options or Sound
Options. This creates an empty movie or sound frame. (After you add a movie using this method, you may want
to choose Object > Fitting > Fit Frame To Content so that the frame is the same size as the movie.)
Note: When you place a movie or sound file, a media object appears in a frame. This media object links to the media
file. You can resize the media object to determine the size of the play area.
2
To change movie, sound, or poster options, double-click the media object.
To preview a media file, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and double-click a movie or sound object
using the Selection tool.
3
Export the document to Adobe PDF. Make sure that the Interactive Elements option is selected in the Export
Adobe PDF dialog box.
Select Interactive Elements so that media clips can be played in the PDF document.
Link to a movie on the Internet
You may want an object to link to a web URL that plays a streaming media file. After you export the document to
Adobe PDF or to a different format, clicking the object plays the movie, if an Internet connection is available.
1
If necessary, draw a rectangle to be used as the play area. You can add a poster to this frame later.
2
Select an object, and then choose Object > Interactive > Movie Options.
3
Click Specify A URL, and then type or paste the URL.