Adding multimedia to topics

To add sound or video to a topic:

  1. Click where you want to include the sound or video in the topic.

  2. From the Insert menu, select Multimedia.

  3. If you are adding a new file, click , navigate to the folder that contains the file, and double-click to select it. (At the prompt, click Yes to copy the file into your project folder.)

  4. If you are adding an existing project file, select the multimedia file from the list below Multimedia in project folders.

  5. Set the appearance options for how you want the clip to be displayed.

  1. Click OK. The multimedia clip is added to the topic. Depending on the kind of file you are adding, you will see an object or an image in the topic that indicates where the multimedia is placed.

  2. To test the sound or video clip, click View .

Examples:

Tips:

  • If you are running Internet Explorer 5, you need to apply a border to sound clips in order to play them from the Preview window. (This is a limitation of Internet Explorer 5 and HTML.)

  • If the multimedia file is used in at least one other topic in the current Help project, you can drag and drop the file from the Multimedia folder (Project Manager) into the topic (insertion point in WYSIWYG Editor) to add it.