Adding Multimedia to Output Document

You can optionally include an image in the output PDF file using the Multimedia Parameters section under the Annotation settings tab.

To Add Media Details:

  1. Click on the Annotations tab.

  1. Go to the Multimedia Parameters section which is the first section under the Annotations tab.
  2. Select the Add The Following Media (Image or Flash File) checkbox. When selecting an image file, images in TIFF, JPEG, PNG, BMP image formats may be selected.
  1. Media can be either a simple image, described above, or a FLASH (.swf) animation clip. Both are placed on the page in a similar way. PDF3DReportGen does not contain methods to generate the .swf file, this must be authored externally then added here.
  2. Click on the Change button and browse to the location on your computer where the media is located. Once you locate the media, click on the Open button. The path to the media will be inserted into the field.
  3. In the Media position (X): field, use the arrow buttons to scroll up or down until you reach the desired horizontal media position value.
  4. In the Media position (Y): field, use the arrow buttons to scroll up or down until you reach the desired vertical media position.
  5. Select the Scale media checkbox to resize the media to a particular size, and then enter the media width and height in the New Media Width and New Media Height fields which become enabled once you select the Scale Media checkbox.

NOTE: All layout parameters are specified in units of typesetting "point", or "pt". A pt unit is 1/72 inches, or 0.35277mm. Accordingly, A4 page size is 595 x 842 pts, while Letter format is 612 x 792 pts. The Media Position parameters specify the bottom left corner of the media location, and are relative to the bottom left corner of the PDF page.