Pages User Guide for Mac
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Edit video and audio in Pages on Mac
By default, a video or audio file plays once when you click the Play button . You can set it to repeat in a loop, adjust its volume, and trim it to play only part of the video or audio. For a video, you can change the poster frame that’s displayed on a page to represent the video.
Set video or audio looping
Click to select the video or audio on the page.
In the Format sidebar, click the Movie or Audio tab.
To set media to repeat, click the Repeat pop-up menu, then choose how you want it to play:
Play in a continuous loop: Choose Loop.
Play forward and then backward: Choose Loop Back and Forth.
Note: Recorded audio can’t loop back and forth.
Trim video or audio
Click to select the video or audio on the page.
In the Format sidebar, click the Movie or Audio tab.
Click the disclosure triangle next to Edit Movie or Edit Audio, then drag the Trim sliders.
Note: You can’t trim audio that you recorded in Pages on your iPhone or iPad.
Change the poster frame for a video
You can choose the frame that’s displayed on a page to represent the video.
Click to select the video on the page.
In the Format sidebar, click the Movie tab.
Click the disclosure triangle next to Edit Movie, then drag the Poster Frame slider.
Adjust playback volume
Click to select the video or audio on the page.
In the Format sidebar, click the Movie or Audio tab.
Drag the volume slider.
You can set Pages to optimise the format and quality of movies and images that you add to documents.