Adding Movies

To embed movie files into your PDF

movie icon

  1. Choose the Movie tool from Edit > Insert > Movie.

  2. Select a page area.

  3. Specify Content Settings. This includes

Mark the checkbox Embed media in document to save the added file into the PDF.

Mark the checkbox Retain original sizing to use the original dimensions of the video file.

  1. Choose to have a cover for the video content, if desired.

  2. Click OK.

hand icon

Use the Hand tool to play the movie file and to add the current PDF to the list of trusted documents.

To modify multimedia settings, actions and appearance, select the Movie tool again, right-click the embedded content and choose the desired command.

If you do not embed the movie file, it is linked—both the PDF and the movie file must remain in their locations for the link to work.

 

Open the Files of Type drop-down list in the Open dialog box to see the range of supported file types.

These include the Windows® built-in player, Windows Media Player (e.g. .wmv, .wmx), Macromedia® Flash formats (.spl, .swf) and QuickTime® (e.g. .mov, .mp4).

 

To set movie player preferences, go to File > Options > Movie. Choose a preferred media player and accessibility choices (subtitles, dubbed audio, captions and descriptions).

Power PDF seeks confirmation when you try to play an embedded movie. Choose to trust the document once or add it to a list of trusted documents. You can then return to play movies in a trusted document without the warning. Use the button 'Remove trusted document list' to clear the list. If a trusted document is moved to a new folder, the trust is broken.

 

Requirements for video embeds

To be able to add MOV and MP4 video, QuickTime® should be installed on the system.

 

To play Flash video in PDF files you receive, you will need an adequate version of the Adobe® Flash player on your system.

 

Microsoft Silverlight multimedia, graphic, animated or interactive content embedded in PDF files can be played in the program. It allows you to embed Silverlight content into your PDF files, just choose the relevant file (extension .xaf). Both actions are possible only if Silverlight is installed on the computer.

 

Note

When a document with an embedded movie is flattened, the movie is removed; only its icon remains.