After effects - slow motion

Hello!
I'm using AE cs3 and I'd like to edit my videos to look like this: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t08IjRqK-UM
So I'm asking for help, if someone could tell me which options to click in AE to get this kind of slow motion effect. (I'm not really interested in other things just this slowmo at the moment)
Thanks in advance and bye...
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The success of that effect is highly dependent on your footage. Use the TimeWarp effect:
i http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/8.0/WS641C5190-1DAD-4150-B17F-F339C6DF1FB2.h tml
i http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/8.0/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7d4d .html
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