Movies and sounds (Part 2)

Multimedia Preferences

You can specify the media player you want to play movies and sounds by choosing Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat > Preferences (Mac OS), and then selecting Multimedia from the left side of the dialog box.

Preferred Media Player Choose the default player that plays media clips from the list of currently installed media players.

Accessibility Options Specify if you want special features (if available) to appear when media plays, such as subtitles and dubbed audio. Specify the preferred language for the media, in case multiple languages are available.

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Movies and sounds (Part 1)

Play Movies and Sounds

PDFs can include many types of movie and sound files, including (but not limited to) Flash, QuickTime, MP3, MPEG, and Windows Media files. These files may be accessed on a page or within a link, bookmark, form field, or page action. Each movie and sound file includes a play area from which the media can be activated. The play area typically appears on the PDF page as an image or a rectangle, but can also be invisible.

Note: You must have the necessary hardware and software installed to play the media files.

To help protect your computer from viruses, Acrobat solicits your approval before playing multimedia files from unverified sources. You can change this default behavior in the Multimedia Trust preferences.

Using the Hand tool or the Select tool, click the play area of the movie or sound file. When the pointer is positioned over the play area, it changes to the play mode icon.

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Create a new batch sequence

1. Choose Advanced > Document Processing > Batch Processing.
2. Click New Sequence.
3. Type a descriptive name for your sequence in the Name Sequence dialog box and click OK.
4. In the Batch Edit Sequence dialog box, click Select Commands.
5. Select a command on the left side of the Edit Sequence dialog box and click Add.
6. Click Edit to change the settings for the selected command.
7. Repeat steps 5-6 to add and edit additional commands. Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to rearrange the commands in the order you want, and then click OK.
8. In the Edit Batch Sequence dialog box, choose the settings you want from the menus.
9. Click Output Options, select the options you want to include, and then click OK.

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Run a predefined batch sequence

Acrobat includes a number of simple, predefined batch sequences that you can use to streamline your work. These batch sequences represent common tasks that you routinely need to perform to prepare files for distribution. You do not have to open any of the PDF files before you begin to run these batch sequences.

You can avoid password prompts when you run a sequence on PDFs that require passwords by automating password entry, or by specifying a security method for these files in the Batch Processing preferences. If you select Do Not Ask For Password, PDFs that require passwords won’t be processed. To open the Batch Processing preferences, choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat > Preferences (Mac OS).

1. Choose Advanced > Document Processing > Batch Processing.
2. In the Batch Sequences dialog box, select a batch sequence, and then click the Run Sequence button.
3. In the Run Sequence Confirmation dialog box, verify that the sequence you selected is the one you want, and click OK.
   To prevent this dialog box from appearing in the future, deselect the Show The Run Sequence Confirmation Dialog option in the Batch Processing preferences after you complete this procedure.
4. In the Select Files To Process dialog box, select the files that you want, and then click Select. (In Windows, these files must be in the same folder.)
5. If a message asks for additional input for a specific command in the sequence, select the options you want and click OK.
6. When the progress bar disappears, click Close.

   You can click Stop in the Progress dialog box to stop processing. The Progress dialog box expands automatically to show the percentage of completion and any error or warning messages. Any files already processed are saved as defined in the batch sequence. When the Progress dialog box closes, errors are automatically written to the batch-processing error log, depending on the selections in the Batch Preferences dialog box.

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About batch sequences

When you apply one or more routine sets of commands to your files, you can save time and keystrokes by using an automated batch sequence—a defined series of commands with specific settings and in a specific order that you apply in a single step. You can apply a sequence to a single document, to several documents, or to an entire collection of documents.

You can use the batch sequences provided or define your own. Batch sequences that you define appear (in alphabetical order) in the list of predefined sequences so that you can reuse them in later work sessions.

Developers can further enhance batch processing and other robust capabilities in Acrobat by using the Acrobat Software Developers Kit (SDK) to create scripts and plug-ins for their particular needs. For more information, visit the Adobe Solutions Network (ASN) (English only).

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