Playing a Movie in Reverse

Hello,
I have a .mov file which is basically a building that was rendered by one of designers here. I have inserted into a Keynote Presentation however I would like to be able to play the .mov in reverse after i have played it moving forward. I have searched around in Quicktime Pro help but do not see any answers to this question. Any ideas?
Thanks in Advance!

With the video in keynote:
Rewind movie (by frame if paused) J (hold down)
Pause or play movie K
Fast-forward movie (by frame if paused) L (hold down)
Jump to beginning of movie I
Jump to end of movie O
Look under the help menu/keyboard shortcuts in keynote for more shortcuts...
Also in keynote if you hold the cursor over the video...the video controls will appear (set this in keynote's preferences).

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projection83 wrote:
> hi urami, thanks for the reply
>
> this seems to half work for me,
>
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>
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>
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