How to: Change movie play settings.
Solution:
Select a movie object, and select 'Animation Settings...'.
NOTE: The 'Play Settings' command under the 'Tools' menu has been replaced with the 'Animation Settings' command under the 'Tools' menu.
1) Select a movie object.
2) Select the 'Tools' menu and select 'Animation Settings'. (The Animation Settings dialog box appears.)
3) Do one or more of the following to change the movie play settings:
a) Select the desired action from the 'Play Options' drop-down list box.
Movie Play Options
NOTE: The selections for movie objects are 'Don't Play', 'Play', 'Edit' and 'Open'.
b) Click 'More...'. (The More Play Options dialog box appears.)
NOTE: If 'Don't Play' is selected in step 3)a), 'More...' is dimmed.
c) Select the desired radio button from the 'Start' group.
Start group
NOTE: If the 'Automatically' radio button is selected, type the desired time.
d) Select the desired radio button option from the 'Playing media clips' group.
'Playing media' group
NOTE: The 'Playing media clips' group is ONLY available for certain sound objects and movie objects.
e) (Optional) If the 'Continue slide show, play in background' radio button is selected, do one of the following:
1] Select the 'Stop when this slide ends' radio button to stop the movie when the current slide ends.
2] Select the 'Stop after' radio button to stop the movie after a desired number of slides.
NOTE: If the 'Stop after' radio button is selected, type the desired number of slides after which to stop the movie.
'Stop after' radio button
f) (Optional) Select the 'Hide while not playing' check box to hide the movie object.
g) Click 'OK'. (The Animation Settings dialog box reappears.)
4) (Optional) Select the desired build option from the 'Build Options' drop-down list box.
Build Options
NOTE: If the 'Don't Build' option is selected, all other selections appear dimmed.
5) (Optional) Select the 'Start when previous build ends' check box in the 'Build Options' group.
6) (Optional) Select the desired build effect from the first 'Effects' drop-down list box in the 'Effects' group.
Build Effects
7) (Optional) Select the desired sound to be played during the build effect before the movie plays from the third (or second available) drop-down list box in the 'Effects' group.
Sound Build Effects
NOTE 1: Use the scroll bar to access more sound choices.
NOTE 2: If selecting 'Other Sounds...', the 'Add Sound' dialog box appears, where a sound file can be located and selected from the hard drive or network to be played during the build effect.
8) Select when to play the object from the 'Build/Play object' drop-down list box.
Build/Play
9) (Optional) Select an action or color for the movie object after the movie plays from the 'After Build Step' drop-down list box.
Build Options
NOTE: If 'Other Color..' is selected from the 'After Build Step' drop-down list box, choose a standard or customized color not offered on the 'After Build Step' drop-down list box.
10) Click 'OK'.
NOTE: Click 'Cancel' to abort the movie play setting changes.