Using Sound and Movies
You can add audio—a music file, a playlist from your iTunes library, or any other sound
file—to a Numbers spreadsheet. You can also add video that plays within a sheet.
Numbers accepts any QuickTime or iTunes file type, including the following:
MOV
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MP3
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MPEG-4
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AIFF
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AAC
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Also note that some media files are protected under copyright law. Some
downloaded music may be played only on the computer where the download
occurred. Make sure the computer you are using has permission to play all the
media files included in your spreadsheet.
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Chapter 9
Working with Shapes, Graphics, and Other Objects
Chapter 9
Working with Shapes, Graphics, and Other Objects
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When you add media files to your spreadsheet, make sure that they will be available
if you transfer your document to another computer. When saving your document,
select the option “Copy audio and movies into document” in the Save window. (If you
don’t see the option, click the button next to the Save field to display the entire Save
window, and then click the Advanced Options disclosure triangle.)
To learn how to
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Add audio to a spreadsheet
“Adding a Sound File” on page 209
Add a movie
“Adding a Movie File” on page 210
Add a picture frame around a movie
“Placing a Picture Frame Around a Movie” on
page 210
Specify settings that control how audio and
movie files play
“Adjusting Media Playback Settings” on page 211
Remove unused portions of audio and movie files
from a spreadsheet
“Reducing the Size of Media Files” on page 212