IBM Lotus Symphony


Video or Sound

Inserts a video or sound file into your document.

To access this command...

Choose Create > Video or Sound

To insert a video or sound file into your document

  1. Click where you want to insert the file.

  2. Choose Create > Video or Sound.

  3. In the Select File dialog, select the file that you want to insert.

    Note Icon The file types that are listed in this dialog are not supported by all operating systems.
  4. Click Open.

To insert a video or sound file as a link

To insert a video or sound file as a link, select the Insert as a link check box in the Select File dialog.

By default, the Insert as a link check box is selected. If you clear the Insert as a link check box, the inserted video or sound file is used as an OLE object,.

To play a video or sound file in a Lotus® Symphony™ presentation

  1. Open the slide that contains the video or sound file.

  2. Click the object icon for the video or sound file on the slide.

  3. Click Play on the Media Playback toolbar.

To play a video or sound file in a Lotus Symphony Document or Lotus Symphony Spreadsheet

  1. Open the document that contains the video or sound file.

  2. Click Play on the Media Playback toolbar.

Note Icon You can also use the Media Playback Bar to pause, to stop, to loop, as well as to adjust the volume or to mute the playback of the file. The current playback position in the file is indicated on the left slider. Use the right slider to adjust the playback volume. For video files, the bar also contains a list box where you can select the zoom factor for the playback.

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