* # $ K + Contents

Click any topic below for help:

About movies and MoviePlayer 
Playing a movie 
Copying a movie frame 
Copying and pasting a movie 
Using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) 
Printing a movie frame 
Using the keyboard 

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* # $ K + Glossary of terms

Animation
Client application 
Control bar
Destination document 
Frame
Images
Movie
Play bar
QuickTime movie
Selection
Slider
Video

* # $ K + Playing a movie

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Opening and closing a movie 
Playing and stopping a movie 
Controlling the volume 
Working with more than one movie 
Resizing the movie 
Changing the play options 
Playing part of a movie 
Getting information about a movie 

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* # $ K + About movies and Movie Player

What is a QuickTime movie ?
A QuickTime movie is a file that can contain video images, animation  and sound.
Movies that contain video or animation are made up of a series of still images played in succession.  Each image is called a frame.
Many programs let you play QuickTime movies in ordinary documents, such as word-processing files, spreadsheets, and presentations.

Use Movie Player to Open and play QuickTime movies.
You can play QuickTime movies from your hard disk or from a CD-ROM disc.  Movies on floppy disks should be copied to your hard disk before you play them.

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* # $ QuickTime movie
A QuickTime movie is a file that can contain video images, animation, and sound.
Movies that contain video or animation are made up of a series of still images played in succession.  Each image is called a frame.
QuickTime movies are DOS files with the suffix .MOV (for example, NEWSREEL.MOV).

* # $ Video
A series of photographic images that portray an event filmed from life.

* # $ Animation
A series of drawn images that portray a moving event.

* # $ Images
Photographs, drawings, or computer-generated visual renderings.

* # $ K + Searching for Text in a Movie

If a movie has a text track, you can use "Find" from the Movie menu. Using the standard Windows find dialog, you can enter search text. If Movie Player finds it, the slider moves to the appropriate point in the movie and the text is highlighted.

# $ K + Getting information about a movie

To see information about a movie, choose "Get Movie Info" from the Movie menu.

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The File Size shown is the storage size of the movie file on disk.  The Movie Duration is the running length in seconds.

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* # $ K + Printing a movie frame

1.	Click the pause button to stop the movie.
2.	To print the current frame of a movie, choose "Print" from the File menu.  
The current frame of the movie prints at its "actual" size, if it will fit on one page.  If the printed frame does not fit on one page, it is reduced to fit.  To change the settings for page orientation, size and printing options, choose "Print Setup" from the File menu.

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* # $ K + Copying a movie frame

1.	Click the pause button to stop the movie.
2.	Choose "Copy" from the Edit menu to copy a frame from the active movie.  The current frame is copied to the Clipboard.

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* # $ K + Setting QuickTime movie options

The movie options allow you to control how a movie looks when it is embedded in an OLE destination document. You can reach the Options dialog box from either of two locations:
·	In Movie Player, select "Options" from the Edit menu.
·	In the destination document, select "QuickTime Movie Options" from the Edit menu.

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You can set options to show the control bar, play the selection only, put a frame around the movie, and use the movie palette.  You can also set Looping and Size options. 
Use the Frame To Copy options to control which frame represents the movie in the destination document.
·	To use the poster, select Poster.
·	To use the current frame, select Current. 
·	To place the movie into the destination document at the selected size, leave Paste Icon unchecked.
·	To place the movie into the destination document as an icon, check Paste Icon. When the movie icon is double-clicked, the movie plays in a stand-alone window.
Use the Save As default button to save a complete set of options as your defaults. 
Use the Restore To Default button to restore to your last set of defaults.

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* # $ K + Working with more than one movie
You can open and play more than one movie at a time.  To work with more than one movie, use the Window menu or shrink the movies to icons:
·	To rearrange the movies, choose an item from the Window menu.
·	To bring a movie to the front, choose its filename from the Window menu.
·	To shrink a movie to an icon, click the down arrow in the upper right corner of the window.  To restore the movie to its normal size, double-click the icon.

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# $ K + Opening and closing a movie

1.	Choose "Open" from the File menu in Movie Player.
2.	Click a movie in the list of files.
3.	Click OK.
4.	To close the movie, choose "Close" from the File menu.

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# $ K + Copying and pasting a movie

Follow these steps to copy a movie and paste it into another document.
1.	Open the movie you want to copy.
2.	Select "Copy" from the Edit menu.
3.	Open the document into which you want to put the movie.
4.	Put the cursor where you want to insert the movie.
5.	To insert a copy of the movie, select "Paste" from the Edit menu.

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# $ K + Using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)

Click any topic below for help:

About Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) 
Documents that accept QuickTime movies 
Embedding a QuickTime movie 
Editing an embedded movie 
Setting QuickTime movie options 

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# $ Destination document
In Object Linking and Embedding, a document (for example, a word-processing document) into which you place an object.

# $ K + About Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)

OLE is a technology that allows you to place "objects" (such as movies, pictures, or spreadsheets) into other documents.  For example, you can use OLE to embed a QuickTime movie into a word-processing document.
Readers of your document can double-click the movie to view it just as if they were using Movie Player.  OLE also allows you to edit the embedded movie from the destination document.
Your Windows user's guide has more information on using OLE.  See the chapter that covers integrating your Windows applications.

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# $ K + Documents that accept QuickTime movies

You can embed a QuickTime movie into a document created by an OLE 
client application. Some client applications are:
Microsoft Excel 4.0
Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0
WordPerfect 5.2
Microsoft Windows 3.1 Write
Microsoft Multimedia Works for Windows
To find out if an application is an OLE client application, check its user's guide for information on Object Linking and Embedding.

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# $ Client application
In Object Linking and Embedding, an application (for example, Microsoft Write) that accepts embedded or linked objects.

# $ K + Embedding a QuickTime movie

You should follow the detailed instructions for embedding objects in the client application user's guide. Here is an overview:
1.	In the destination document, put the cursor where you want to insert the movie.
2.	Choose "Insert Object" from the Insert or Edit menu.
3.	In the dialog box, select "QuickTime movie" as the object type.  Movie Player opens, and the File Open dialog box appears.
4.	Use the dialog box to find and open the movie you want to insert.
5.	To set how the embedded movie will look in the destination document, choose "Options" from the Edit menu.  See the help topic Setting QuickTime movie options for more information on setting display options.
6.	Choose "Close" from the File menu to close the movie.  A message asks if you want to update the document before proceeding.
7.	Click Yes to embed the movie and return to the destination document.

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# $ K + Editing an embedded movie

You should follow the detailed instructions for editing embedded objects in the client application user's guide.  The steps below provide an overview.
When you edit an embedded movie, only the movie in the destination document changes. The original movie does not change.
1.	In the destination document, click the movie once to select it.
2.	Choose "QuickTime movie object" from the Edit menu.  Movie Player opens. The movie may open automatically, or you may have to open it.
3.	In Movie Player, choose "Options" from the Edit menu.
4.	Make your changes in the Options dialog box.  See the help topic Setting QuickTime movie options for more information on setting display options.
5.	When you finish, choose "Close" from the File menu to close the movie.  A message asks if you want to update the document before proceeding.
6.	Click Yes to update and return to the destination document.

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# $ K + Changing the play options

To change how a movie plays and looks in Movie Player, choose items from the Movie menu:
·	To change how the movie plays, choose "Stop at end," "Loop" (play continuously), or "Loop back and forth."
·	To play only a selected part of the movie, choose "Play selection only."
·	To change the movie's size, choose "Half size," "Normal," or "Double Size."
·	To see the movie poster (a single frame that represents the movie), choose "Show poster."

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