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Ways to Improve Your PDFs with FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants
Include movies and audio files (linked or embedded)
Movies can help demonstrate complex subjects,
illustrate processes, reach non-verbal learners, and overcome
language barriers. Apart from conventional movies such as a video
demonstrating a part replacement, movies can be used to:
- dynamically demonstrate on-screen processes (instead of only displaying static screen captures)
- actively engage the readers in viewing an object or a location in a "virtual reality" movie
- present slide shows (sequential display of multiple static images in the same page area)
- run animations
Using TimeSavers shortcuts, you can add
links/bookmarks (in FrameMaker) pointing to movies available
locally or stored in web servers (so that it updated anytime).
Media can be played in a floating window, in a specified location
on the page or as a full-screen movie. With software demonstrations/simulations,
the In Document and Full Screen placements typically
distort the display, as the variable magnification in Acrobat
causes movie resizing. Displaying such movies at their native
dimensions in a Floating Window is recommended -- see
comparisons, SWF/QuickTime ("legacy", PDF: 990K),
SWF/FLV
(Acrobat/Reader 9 or higher, PDF: 687K).
Movie controller is optional (a custom
controller can be added); movies can be activated automatically
when a page is entered.
Examples (distilled with TimeSavers+Multimedia Assistant)