Add movies to pdf files.



How2 sites often contain movies, extra pdf files, etc. Sometimes 

it is convenient to put all how2 resources into a single file.



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This instructable shows one way to do it on a MacBook Pro. 

Some additional software resources have been added to make 

this possible. For instance the QuickTime Player has been 

Upgraded to the Pro version. 



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A free Perian Plugin has been added to translate movie files. 


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Adobe Acrobat has been upgraded long ago to the Professional version.



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There are lots of online to resources to merge pdf files. 

This particular software can be found at..


http://www.apagoinc.com/prod_home.php?prod_id=17



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It is also assumed that the latest and greatest 

RealPlayer software is loaded. 


Having the Realplayer Downloader open will attempt to download 

most movie files that you click to play on. 



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The RealPlayer window allows you the option of saving a movie. 



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So now you find an interesting how2 site. And it has a movie in it. 


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One can download the whole instructable as a pdf file. 



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This is how to do it on a MacBook Pro.


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So now you open the pdf file and this is what it does to the movie. 


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Sometimes clicking on the video icon does not work. In Acrobat Pro, 

you can write yourself some instructions. 




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In this case, the text has been modified to say that 

the actual movie is placed at the end of the file



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And this instructable also contains some included files. 


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After one has downloaded everything, there is a grand total of three files.



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To download the movie, click the movie start button at the how2 site. 



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The RealPlayer Downloader window will show that that there is the option

to save the movie. Click the view downloads folder to see what gets saved.



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Typically the movie gets saved in the flv format.




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If one installs the free Perian QuickTime plug in, 

one can open a flv file in QuickTime.


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It may be convenient to open all movie files in Quicktime Pro. 


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In Quicktime Pro, one can cut, copy, paste, 

and translate movies to many different formats.



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Take your pick


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In this example the movie will be exported to the mp4 format. 


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To install this movie, one needs to find somewhere which is empty. 

In this case the end of the file is open.


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Acrobat Pro has a movie tool.




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The movie tools asks one to define where to place the movie.


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Select your newly translated mp4 format movie.




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The movie will appear after it is loaded.


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One needs to select the hand mode to leave the movie tool mode.


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This window will appear when the movie is first played.


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Save if happy.


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The pdf file will now contain the whole movie.



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Open up a pdf merge program and merge all three files.



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Now a single pdf file contains everything. 


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If one wants to print just one page of a page file ,

and the printer driver might be creating problems in this area, 

Acrobat Pro allows pages to be extracted into separate pdf files.



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Note that including movies in a pdf file will greatly slow down how fast a
pdf will load off of the web. Things are much faster when a movie resource
is referred to. But Web site resources do have a habit of going away. And

saving information in more than one file has some drawbacks.


This actual pdf+movie can be downloaded and/or viewed from safari 5.0.

One has to click on the movie to play it. It will ask for permission. 




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Select the following option.



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The lastest version of Acrobat reader will ask for the

same permission as well.


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