11.2.1 for Windows

Foxit PDF Editor
Chapter 5: Edit User Manual
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extensions such as .avi, .wmv, .mov, .qt, .mpg, and .mpeg. An animated GIF file always
has a .gif file extension, while “Sounds” are like midis, wavs, and mp3 files.
Note: If an alert message tells you that no media handler is available, you must install the
appropriate player before you can add clips to the PDF. For example, you must install
RealPlayer if you want to embed an RMVB file in a PDF.
Adding movies or sounds
1. Choose Edit > Video & Audio.
2. Press and hold mouse button down, drag to select an area on the page where you
want the movie or sound to appear. For movies, the play area is the exact size of
the movie frame.
3. In the pop-up Add Video & Audio dialog box, you will see some options listed
below:
• Location: click the Browse button to select the movie file you want to insert.
• Content type: the type of the media you insert. It is selected automatically.
But you can also specify the clip type if you want. Please note that changing
the Content Type setting may cause problems playing the media.
• Embed content in document: includes the media file into the PDF file. This
option will increase the file size of the PDF. It is selected by default. If the check
box is cleared, you will not be able to play it if you open this PDF file on other
computers.
• Poster Settings: choose whether to display an image in the play area when the
movie isn’t playing. You can choose to use no poster, or create poster from
file.
Edit the play area
To move, resize, align, center or distribute a multiple clip, please refer to “Images”.
Set Video & Audio properties
In Foxit PDF Editor, you can specify properties for the multimedia files you added, such
as the appearance of a movie’s play area, whether the movie plays once or
continuously, create alternate renditions, etc.
To set video & audio properties, please do the following:
1. Select the Video & Audio command, or the Select Annotation command.
2. Double-click the play area or right-click the play area > Properties.
3. For the Appearance tab, please refer to “Setting properties of an image”.