User manual MACROMEDIA BREEZE-USING THE MACROMEDIA BREEZE PLUG-IN FOR MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

[. . . ] Using the Macromedia Breeze Plug-in for Microsoft PowerPoint Trademarks Add Life to the Web, Afterburner, Aftershock, Andromedia, Allaire, Animation PowerPack, Aria, Attain, Authorware, Authorware Star, Backstage, Bright Tiger, Clustercats, ColdFusion, Contribute, Design In Motion, Director, Dream Templates, Dreamweaver, Drumbeat 2000, EDJE, EJIPT, Extreme 3D, Fireworks, Flash, Flash Lite, Flex, Fontographer, FreeHand, Generator, HomeSite, JFusion, JRun, Kawa, Know Your Site, Knowledge Objects, Knowledge Stream, Knowledge Track, LikeMinds, Lingo, Live Effects, MacRecorder Logo and Design, Macromedia, Macromedia Action!, Macromedia Breeze, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia M Logo and Design, Macromedia Spectra, Macromedia xRes Logo and Design, MacroModel, Made with Macromedia, Made with Macromedia Logo and Design, MAGIC Logo and Design, Mediamaker, Movie Critic, Open Sesame!, Roundtrip, Roundtrip HTML, Shockwave, Sitespring, SoundEdit, Titlemaker, UltraDev, Web Design 101, what the web can be, and Xtra are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Macromedia, Inc. and may be registered in the United States or in other jurisdictions including internationally. Other product names, logos, designs, titles, words, or phrases mentioned within this publication may be trademarks, service marks, or trade names of Macromedia, Inc. or other entities and may be registered in certain jurisdictions including internationally. [. . . ] Whenever you change these settings, the view in the Edit Audio dialog box is updated, so you can see the results of your changes before clicking OK. Additional editing controls The Breeze plug-in Edit Audio dialog box also supports additional controls to speed up editing. Right-click in the header bar above the audio window This displays a context menu with commands for the following actions: · · · · Move a marker Insert a command marker Delete a command marker Change the properties of a command marker Press M or Control+M within the Audio window This automatically moves the next marker to the current location. The next marker is the first marker to the right of the current location If you have a mouse wheel, you can use The Spacebar acts as a toggle Click in the Audio window and use the mouse wheel it to quickly change the view by zooming in or out. Select a location in the audio file and press the Spacebar between Play and Pause during playback of the audio file. Playing back, recording, and editing audio 27 Recording audio If you click the Record button in the Edit Audio dialog box, you will open the following dialog box, which you can use to record audio. Input Source: Used to select the input source for your audio. Audio Monitor: Shows the strength of your audio input. If the signal is too strong, the monitor turns yellow and red at the top. Recording Status: Displays either "Stopped" or "Recording. " Calibration: Used to run automatic audio calibration. Macromedia Breeze recommends using this command prior to recording any audio. Volume control in Record Narration dialog box: Used to manually set the volume control for recording. Macromedia recommends using the Calibrate command to automatically set your volume control. Record button - Record Narration dialog box: Used to start recording audio. Managing your account If you want to access your Macromedia Breeze account to manage your presentations, you need to directly access Macromedia Breeze Administration. Macromedia Breeze Administration allows you to make changes to your account information (for example, user information, presentation information), depending on your individual permissions. To manage your account: 1. Log in to Macromedia Breeze using the user name (your e-mail address) and password provided to you by your administrator. 3. After a successful login, you can access various administrative functions, depending on your permission level. Here are some functions performed through Macromedia Breeze Administration: Modify or update additional presentation information Delete presentations or folders Add or delete Macromedia Breeze users Set permissions for Macromedia Breeze users Note: You must have the appropriate permissions to log in and make changes to your Macromedia Breeze account. Please contact your account administrator to get the appropriate permissions. 28 Chapter 3: Using the Macromedia Breeze Plug-In for PowerPoint Inserting Macromedia Flash content Macromedia Breeze allows you to embed Flash SWF files (files authored using Macromedia Flash that are published with the . swf file extension) into presentations. These files are converted and played back in the published presentation. To insert Flash content: 1. Navigate to the slide where you want to insert the Flash content and select Breeze > Insert Flash Movie. A dialog box appears that asks you to select the location of the Flash content that you want to insert. 2. Select the file and click Open. The Flash content is added to the current slide. 3. Drag the Flash content to the x, y position where you want it to appear on the slide 4. For Flash content requiring user interaction, or if you are unsure of the precise duration, you need to select Breeze > Edit Audio and insert a Wait for User command at the beginning of the slide to ensure that any narration you record does not play over audio contained in your Flash content. For more information, see "Playback options" on page 25. Inserting Macromedia Flash content 29 30 Chapter 3: Using the Macromedia Breeze Plug-In for PowerPoint CHAPTER 4 Setting Options You use the Options dialog box to set recording and account parameters in Macromedia Breeze Plug-In for Microsoft PowerPoint. You can access the Options dialog box by selecting Breeze > Options. From the Options dialog box, you can select recording and account options listed in the following section. Selecting the audio input source You can manually select the audio input source from the Macromedia Breeze Plug-in Options menu. [. . . ] Otherwise, the animations do not show up correctly during online viewing. 52 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting and FAQs · The animation effects are different when viewed online. Not all animations are currently supported for viewing with Netscape browsers. If you use an unsupported animation effect, Breeze Plug-In for PowerPoint substitutes a similar animation effect during the online conversion process. Frequently asked questions This section gives answers to frequently asked questions. The Breeze plug-in uses custom tools to optimize audio quality and synchronize animations for online delivery. [. . . ]