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24 Chapter 2 Getting Started with QuickTime Pro
To play a movie on a second display:
1 Open a movie in QuickTime Player.
2 Choose View > Present Movie.
The two displays are shown side by side; one contains the menu bar. The letter “Q”
appears on the display on which the movie will play. To play the movie on the other
display, click it.
3 Choose an option from the pop-up menu.
To play the movie without displaying the QuickTime Player controls, choose Full Screen.
4 Select Movie or Slideshow mode.
In slideshow mode, you can advance frames by clicking the mouse or pressing the
Right Arrow or Left Arrow key.
5 Click Play.
You can open other applications while the movie is playing. To make another
application active, press Command-Tab (in Windows, Alt-Tab). You can now use the
mouse and keyboard in other applications while the movie continues to play.
To stop the movie before it ends, press Command-Tab (in Windows, Alt-Tab) to make
QuickTime Player active, and then click the mouse.
All QuickTime movie playback keyboard shortcuts are available in full-screen mode.
Presenting a Movie as a Slideshow
In a slideshow, the viewer clicks to advance to the next frame. With QuickTime Pro, you
can set a movie to play as a slideshow.
To play a movie as a slideshow:
1 Choose View > Present Movie.
2 Click Slideshow, then click Play.
3 To advance the slideshow, click the mouse or press the Left or Right Arrow keys.
Changing the Color Around a Movie
By default, the onscreen area around the edge of a movie playing in full-screen mode is
black, but you can change it to another color.
To change a movie’s border color:
1 Choose View > Present Movie.
2 Click the color well to the right of the pop-up menu, then choose a color from the
Colors window.
If you have more than one display, you can have this color appear on all displays (not
just the one playing the movie), by selecting “Display background color on all screens.”