Embedding sound files in Frame8 docs

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You can import it as an OLE Object in FM8 as a wav file. I don't know how to get it to output to PDF.

From the FM online help:

Embedding with OLE 

You can use OLE to embed text or graphics in a FrameMaker document. Embedded material retains its association with the application that created it (but does not retain a dynamic link to its source document). This lets you double-click an embedded object to open the object in the application that created it. Be sure to use an application that supports OLE as a server to create the object you want to embed. 

You can also embed multimedia objects such as video or movie files (.avi or .mov files) and sound files (.wav files).

To embed only part of a file with OLE:

1. In its own application, open the file and copy the part you want to embed.

2. In FrameMaker, click where you want to embed the text or graphics, and choose Edit > Paste Special.

3. Click Paste, select a format for the object (look for a format that starts with "embedded"), and then click OK. 

To embed a whole file with OLE:

Click where you want to embed the text or graphics and choose File > Import > Object. You can then embed a new, empty file, or specify an existing one.

Nadine




--- On Tue, 7/20/10, Anthony Davey <Anthony.Davey at rssb.co.uk> wrote:

> From: Anthony Davey <Anthony.Davey at rssb.co.uk>
> Subject: Embedding sound files in Frame8 docs
> To: "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 9:29 AM
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I have a Frame document which will eventually be saved as a
> PDF using Acrobat 9 Pro.  What I want to achieve is
> embedded sound files (I believe acrobat will now only handle
> mp3, so I have those) with an icon representation that, when
> clicked, will play the sound file.
> 
> I have tried embedding the files into the Frame doc, and
> the PDF doesn't play them.  I have tried embedding them
> in the PDF, which works, but when I click the icon an mp3
> file icon appears over the top of it.  This is a grey
> box with very small stop, play and pause buttons and a 'file
> progress play line'.  This remains visible after the
> file has played, and would mean little to any of my
> readers.
> 
> Does anybody have a solution, preferably in Frame, but
> otherwise in the PDF that will allow me to embed a sound
> file that plays when an icon is clicked?
> 
> Multitudinous thanks in advance,
> Ant
> 
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