Insert/Embed Video into
a PDF using Adobe Acrobat
(m4v format recommended)
- Start with your Word Document
- Save the Word Version
- Then Save As a PDF Document
- Using Adobe Acrobat open the PDF Document
- Using Adobe Captivate (Can use Articulate as well, but unfortunately Articulate will not publish to MP4 Video Format directly, however I did find this work around, a bit time consuming but it works… http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/22515/253488.aspx )
*I recommend having a title slide, perhaps
topic slides, and end slide throughout the video. Video could have music and/or narration also.
Select Captivate Record Button, select slide you
want to insert recording after, click ok, then setup the recording window.
Save Completed Captivate File
Publish to MP4 format (This is where Captivate
is a bit nicer/more robust)
Rename the published MP4 (.mp4) file extension
to M4V (.m4v). Note this is not
required, but I recommend this so that once the video is inserted into the PDF
it will play on both iOS and Windows devices.
You will likely get a warning message when you rename the file
extension. Don’t sweat it! Everything will be ok. Click Yes.
OPTIONAL (Create a
Poster for the Video. A Poster is
basically an image you want to display in order to promote someone to click the
video to play it):
Use GIMP, SnagIt, Photoshop whatever is in your
arsenal to create two images.
Merge the two images
Save As FilenamePoster.jpg
Open PDF document using Acrobat
Go to Tools>Content>MultiMedia>Video
Draw Video Box, clicking and Dragging
cursor/mouse.
This window will pop up. Browse to M4V file, then click the Show
Advance Options.
Select options as desired. Below are the ones I changed.
Video is now inserted
You may want to also attach the video. Could even attach several formats of the
video as a backup plan in case someone needs certain format.
