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Change button appearance for rollover and clicking, Change button appearances – Adobe InDesign CC 2015 User Manual

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Select one of the open InDesign documents from the Documents menu, or click the folder icon to the right of the
menu and specify the file.

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Specify an anchor that was created using the Bookmarks panel or Hyperlinks panel.

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Select an option from the Zoom menu to determine how the page is displayed.

Note: If you specify an anchor in a different document, remember to export that target document to PDF, and use the same
filename as the InDesign document, replacing the INDD extension with PDF. Also, store the PDF documents in the same
folder to make sure that the links remain valid in Acrobat and Reader.

Change button appearance for rollover and clicking

A button consists of a group of individual objects that each represent a button appearance (sometimes called a “state”).
Each button can have as many as three appearances: Normal, Rollover, and Click. In the exported file, the Normal
appearance is used unless the mouse pointer moves into the area (Rollover) or the mouse button is clicked on the button
area (Click). You can make each appearance different to provide visual feedback.

By default, any button you create is defined with the Normal appearance containing the button’s text or image. When
you activate a new appearance, the Normal appearance is copied. To distinguish an appearance from the others, you
can change the color or add text or an image.

A Pointer not over button area (Normal) B Pointer enters button area (Rollover) C Pointer clicks (Click)

Note: The clickable area, or hot spot, of the button is the square bounding box of the largest state in the button. For example,
a round button has a square hot spot.

Change button appearances

If you’re creating a button with multiple appearances (Normal, Rollover, and Click), it’s a good idea to finish designing
the button before you activate other appearances. When you activate the Rollover or Click appearance, the Normal
appearance is copied.

Some changes affect only the selected appearances, while other changes affect all active appearances. If you select an
appearance and apply a different background color or edit the text, the change affects only the selected appearance. If
you use the Selection tool to move or resize the button, the change affects all appearances.

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Choose Window > Interactive > Buttons to display the Buttons panel.

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Using the Selection tool , select the button in the layout that you want to edit.

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Click [Rollover] to activate the Rollover appearance.

The Normal appearance is copied to Rollover.

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