There are three ways you can choose to add your favorite music in FlipAlbum 5, namely, as a book background audio, page audio or as a multi-media object. Before proceeding, please ensure that your audio file is of MIDI, WAV or MP3 file format and you have the permission to distribute it. If you wish to include music of other file formats, you can try using an audio conversion tool to convert the audio file to one of the supported file format. We generally recommend MP3 audio file format because the music is compressed into small easy to use file size without a noticeable loss of quality. There are a number of audio conversion tools that you can find on the internet, e.g., Apple Computer's iTunes which can be downloaded at http://www.apple.com.

1. Book Background Audio

As a book background audio, the music automatically plays when the album is opened and continues as you view the entire album. There is no limit to the number of audio files that you can include in the book background.

To insert book background audio in FlipAlbum version 5.0, click on Options -> More Options menu and select Audio tab. For FlipAlbum version 5.5 users, click on Options -> Set Book Options menu and select Audio tab. You may enable or disable the book background audio by clicking on the Audio icon on the standard toolbar.

2. Page Audio

As a page audio, the music automatically plays when you flip to the page and stops when you flip away from the page. You may play the same music continuously over several adjacent pages if you were to include the same audio file on those pages. FlipAlbum version 5.5 batch select feature allows you to quickly add the same audio file on several pages. Please note that you may only add one audio file per page.

To insert a page audio, right-click on the page, and select Page Properties... menu. And if you wish to add the same music on more than one page, first batch select the pages you would like to add the music, then right-click on one of the selected pages and select Page Properties... menu to set the page audio.

There are two ways to batch select your pages, either by flipping through the album pages and selecting the page to batch select, or by selecting the desired pages from the Overview, Table of Contents or Index page.

To batch select by flipping through the album pages,
(i) Right click on the margin of the page you wish to select.
(ii) Click Batch Select on the context menu that appears.
(iii) The status bar will indicate that the page has been selected. The Overview page will also indicate the batch selection.
(iv) Continue steps (i) to (iii) until you have finished selecting all the pages you would like to add the same page audio.

To batch select/deselect the pages from the Overview, Table of Contents, or Index page,
(i) Use the Ctrl and left-button on mouse click to select each individual page.
(ii) Use Ctrl/Shift and left-button mouse click to select multiple pages at once. Hold down the CTRL-key and click on a page to mark the start of the selection. Then hold down the SHIFT-key and click on the page to mark the end of the selection. All the picture pages between the first and second click will be selected. The titles of the selected pages will be highlighted.

3. Multi-media Object

As a multi-media object option, the music will only play when the reader manually clicks on the audio icon or audio link. You may add as many audio objects on a page.

To insert a multi-media object, click on the Insert icon on the standard toolbar, browse to the folder where the audio file is located, then drag and drop the audio file to the page.

Please note that all three options apply to FlipAlbum 5 series only. Mac FlipAlbum 3 users may only add book background audio in the albums that they create and distribute.

Enjoy!

Note:

1. FlipAlbum 5.0 users can now obtain the FlipAlbum 5.5 upgrade for free by downloading the software patch from http://support.flipalbum.com/patch.php. Double-click on the downloaded file to install the software patch.

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To install the CD copy of FlipAlbum 5.5 over an existing FlipAlbum 5.0 installation, double-click on the FlipAlbum 5.5 installation file and select "Remove" to remove the existing FlipAlbum 5.0 installation from your computer, when prompted.

And if you are installing FlipAlbum 5.5 for the first time on your computer, you would be prompted for a Product Activation Key when you first launch the program. To retrieve your Product Activation Key, please click here: http://www.flipalbum.com/support/lostpak/, and enter your registered email address. The Product Activation Key will be sent to your registered email address. If you have not previously registered your box product, please click here: http://www.flipalbum.com/product/register.php to register before proceeding to retrieve your Product Activation Key. Download products are automatically registered. At the same time, please do note that the license agreement allows one to install the software on one machine only.

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