User Guide

Placing a Picture Frame Around a Movie
Placing a picture frame around a movie is an attractive way to display it in
a spreadsheet. To add a picture frame, you use the Stroke settings in the Graphic
inspector.
To frame a movie:
1 Select it, and then click the Inspector button in the toolbar to open the Inspector
window. Click the Graphic inspector button in the Inspector window.
2 Choose Picture Frame from the Stroke pop-up menu.
3 Click the picture frame that appears below the Stroke pop-up menu, and choose
a frame style.
4 Drag the Scale slider or specify a percentage to set the thickness of the picture frame.
See “Framing Objects” on page 219 for more information about picture frames.
Adjusting Media Playback Settings
If you don’t want to use an entire audio le or movie in your spreadsheet but instead
want to limit the playback only to certain parts, you can set this up in the QuickTime
inspector. You can also set the movie poster frame, which is the frame that displays
until the movie starts playing, and other playback options.
Use these controls to view
the movie or play sound as
you edit your spreadsheet.
Start and stop a movie at
particular times.
Set playback repeat options.
Set the playback volume.
Select the frame to
display until the movie
begins playing.
The QuickTime
inspector button
The Play, Pause, Fast-Forward, and Rewind buttons available in the QuickTime inspector
can be used to play and preview a movie as you set the playback preferences
described here.
To set media playback preferences:
1 Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the QuickTime inspector button.
2 Click the movie or sound object to select it.
3 If you want only part of a movie to play in your spreadsheet, set the start and stop
frames or times by dragging the Start and Stop sliders.
To limit playback of an audio le to only certain parts, drag the Start and Stop sliders.
208 Chapter 9 Working with Shapes, Graphics, and Other Objects