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Hi there!

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In this video we’ll be discussing how to
insert a video into a document in InDesign,

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so let’s get started.

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For this one we’ll need the ‘media’
panel, that you can find here.

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If you don’t find it here, go to window,
and then interactive, and you shall find media

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sitting there.

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Let’s click the media panel to populate
it on the screen.

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Now there are two ways we can insert a video
into the document.

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The first one is to insert a video from the
local drive, and the second one is to insert

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a link from a site like YouTube or Vimeo etc.

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Let’s first demonstrate how to insert the
video stored on your hard drive, so for that

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click the button at the bottom right corner
of the media panel that says ‘place a video

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or audio file’ when you hover your cursor
over it.

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Now locate the video on the computer, and
hit open.

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You’ll find your cursor getting loaded with
the video, so click, and drag to restrict

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the video within the document margins.

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You’ll find that the video needs to be resized
as per the frame, so right-click the video,

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and go to fitting, and select ‘fit content
to frame’ option.

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Check the ‘play on page load’ option from
the media panel, so that when the page loads,

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the video plays.

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You can check the preview by clicking the
small icon at the bottom left corner of the

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media panel, which is basically the epub interactivity
preview panel, so the moment you hit the play

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button, you’ll find your video playing.

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Now let’s move to page 2, to demonstrate
how you can add a YouTube link to your document.

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Let’s go to a video of YouTube, and click
the share button, which will reveal this popup.

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Here you need to click the ‘embed’ option.

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You’ll find it showing the width and height
of the video as well, so just hit copy, and

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get back to your document.

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Once back to InDesign, hit Command V on a
Mac, or Ctrl V on a PC to paste the link,

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and wait for a few seconds to populate the
video, and then center-align it.

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Ignore the notification on the video that
says ‘your browser can’t play this video.’

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Just go to the epub interactivity preview
panel, and hit the play button, and your video

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shall start playing.

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Now you see what happens when I try to adjust
the dimensions of the video on my document.

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Let’s now go to epub interactivity preview,
and you shall find the video is not aligned

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properly.

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To fix this you need to edit the html, so
first of all, let’s change the unit of measurement

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to pixels, because picas is confusing, so
let’s go to preferences, and then units

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and increments.

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Update the ruler units to pixels, for both
vertical and horizontal rulers, and now we

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know the current dimensions of our video are
645.68 pixels by 379.61 pixels, so right-click

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the video, and go to ‘edit html’ option.

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On the popup screen, update the width and
height of the video to the dimensions showing

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on the toolbar above, which is 645.68 pixels
for width, and 379.61 pixels for height, and

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hit okay.

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Now when you go to the epub interactivity
preview option, you’ll find the video aligned

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perfectly, much like our document.

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So those are the two ways you can add a video,
or even an audio to your document.

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Alright guys!

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That brings us to the close of the session,
and it’s time for a short break, so I’ll

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see you in just a bit.

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Good bye!