Playing plugins in the Document window

You can preview movies and animations that rely on Navigator plugins—that is, elements that use the EMBED tag—directly in the Document window. (It is not possible to preview movies or animations that rely on ActiveX controls in the Document window.) You can play all plugin elements at one time to see how the page will look to the user, or you can play each one individually to ensure that you have embedded the correct media element.

To play movies, the proper plugins must be installed on your computer. When Dreamweaver starts up, it automatically searches for all installed plugins, looking first in the Configuration/Plugins folder and then in the plugin folders of all installed browsers.

To play plugin content in the Document window:

1	Insert one or more media elements by choosing Insert > Media > Shockwave, Insert > Media > Flash, or Insert > Media > Plugin.
2	Play plugin content:
	Select one of the media elements you have inserted and choose View > Plugins > Play.
	Choose View > Plugins > Play All to play all of the media elements on the page that rely on plugins.

To stop playing plugin content:

Select a media element and choose View > Plugins > Stop, or choose View > Plugins > Stop All to stop all plugin content from playing.