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284 Tutorial: Adding Content to Pages
6.
In the Width and Height text boxes, do the following:
■
In the Width text box, type 180 .
■
In the Height text box, type 135 and press Enter (Windows) or
Return (Macintosh).
The value in the Width and Height text boxes specifies the width and
height in pixels of the FLV file. You can adjust these values arbitrarily to
change the size of the Flash Video on your web page. When you
increase the dimensions of a video, the picture quality of the video
usually decreases.
7.
Leave the default selections for the remaining options:
Constrain
maintains the same aspect ratio between the width and
height of the Flash Video component. This option is selected
by default.
Auto play specifies whether to play the video when the web page is
opened. This option is deselected by default.
Auto rewind
specifies whether the playback control returns to starting
position after the video finishes playing. This option is deselected
by default.
TIP
You can click Detect
Size to determine
the exact width and
height of the FLV
file. Sometimes,
however,
Dreamweaver
cannot determine
the dimensions of
the FLV file. In such
cases, you must
manually enter the
width and height
values.
NO
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“Total with skin” is the width and height of the FLV file plus the width and
height of the selected skin.
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