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such as Microsoft Word. Rich Text Document with Attachments is a format
that currently only Macs understand—both Windows and Linux are unable
to access them.
Tip 230
Edit Movies
QuickTime Player is the Mac's built-in movie player—you can find it on the
Applications menu within Finder.
Trimming Movies
QuickTime Player is actually a trimmed-down version of the (not free)
QuickTime Pro, but it's pretty powerful in its own right. For example, you can
edit movies within QuickTime Player, at least in a primitive way, as follows:
1.
Open the movie in QuickTime Player, and click Edit→Trim. The timeline
will now change to a frame display of the movie, surrounded by a yellow
2.
Click and drag the boundary box on the left and right sides to cut out
any material at the beginning and end you want to lose (unfortunately,
it's not possible to cut sections out of the middle of the file—for that you'll
need a more sophisticated editor like iMovie,
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although movie clips can
be merged together—see the following section).
3.
If you want to view the audio track of the file, click View→Show Audio
Track. This switches the frame display to one showing the audio waveform,
so you can edit perhaps based on quiet or loud episodes.
4.
Once you're done, click the Trim button.
Merging Two or More Movies
You can combine two or more movies into one file. To do so, open the first of
the movies in QuickTime Player, and then locate the next in Finder and drag
and drop it onto the QuickTime Player window. It will appear in the timeline
view at the bottom as a separate clip, and you can drag and drop it to the
beginning or end of the existing movie file. You can add more clips in the
