# Multimedia

This help file describes how to use the Multimedia tab.
It works similarly to the main document area but provides fewer file buttons. Files can be opened into this tab whenever it is focused.
To use it, click the Multimedia tab.
Its purpose is to act as a background layer with its own volume, speed, and pitch settings.
To change these parameters, click the three vertical dots while the tab is active.
You may use the main menu’s File and Insert commands with this tab. Before opening or inserting files, click the tab to ensure it has focus. A red blinking border around all four sides indicates that it is focused.
Text can be copied and pasted into this tab and edited as needed, but it cannot be saved to a file.
It is recommended to turn down the volume so reading text or playing music is not as loud as the main document. Click the Multimedia tab to show its window with options. All actions on that window apply only to this document.
To access Setting Audio Options, click the three vertical dots. Notice that the title will show Setting Audio Options: Multimedia rather than Setting Audio Options: Main.
Other menus and buttons operate the same way as those on the main document.
While reading or performing other actions, this tab may be closed to hide it from view.

## Menu / Toolbar

Below is a description of the buttons on the toolbar.

Descriptions
Button / Name | Function
--- | ---
| Click to read selected text. If there is no selection, the entire document is read by default.
| Click to stop reading.
| This is a toggle button. When reading, clicking it changes the label from Pause to Resume and pauses reading. Clicking it while showing Resume changes it back to Pause and reading resumes.
| Click to repeat reading the same text selected by the button. While reading, the button may be used to stop, or the button may be used to pause.
Loop | When checked, reading repeats continuously until stopped by the user.
| Click to open Setting Audio Options: Multimedia.
| Clears this document and all reading arrays.
| Opens this help file.

File name: Multimedia.html
Date: 12/10/2025