Movies and sounds can require a lot of memory. You may want to increase the memory available to AppleWorks before you begin.
To insert a movie or sound file into a document:
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Choose Insert from the File menu and select the desired movie or sound file. |
Tip: You can also insert a movie or sound file by dragging it from another location (such as the Clippings window).
Movies can be resized, moved, and arranged in layers like other objects. You can insert any type of file supported by your version of QuickTime, including QuickTime VR files. For details on what is supported, open QuickTime and refer to QuickTime Help.
Some special considerations:
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When you create a QuickTime movie that will be inserted into an AppleWorks document, it's a good idea to save the movie as a self-contained movie. (This is an option when you choose the Save As command in QuickTime.) In a self-contained movie, all the data (images, audio files, and so on) are saved as a part of the movie file. This is especially important if you move or copy a document containing the movie to another computer, or if you want the document to work in both Macintosh and Windows versions of AppleWorks. |
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If you move or copy a document containing a movie or sound to another computer, make sure the movie or sound file is in the same folder as the AppleWorks document that includes it. |
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If you add a movie to a painting document, you get a painted image of the current movie frame. (You cannot play movies or sounds in a painting.) |
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To include movies or sounds in a database field, the field type must be multimedia. If you include movies or sounds in a database layout, the movie or sound appears when that layout is selected. However, you can play the movie or sound only in Layout mode. |