Adobe InDesign CC 2015 - Manual (Page 401)

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Interactivity
Last updated 6/6/2015
4 With Rollover still selected, change the appearance of the button.
• To change the color, choose a swatch from the Stroke or Fill menu in the Control panel.
• To place an image in the appearance, select the existing image by using the direct selection tool or double-clicking
the existing button image, and then choose File > Place and double-click a file.
• To paste an image into a text frame, copy it to the Clipboard, select the appearance in the Buttons panel, and then
choose Edit > Paste Into.
• To type text, select the Type tool, click the button, and type the text. You can also choose Edit > Paste Into to copy
a pasted text frame.
5 To add the Click appearance, click [Click] to activate it, and then follow the same procedure to change its
appearance.
6 Use the Preview panel to test the different button appearances.
To change the size of the State Appearance thumbnails in the Buttons panel, choose Panel Options from the Buttons
panel menu, select an option, and then click OK.
Delete and disable appearances
1 Select the appearance in the Buttons panel.
2 Do any of the following:
• To delete the Rollover or Click appearance, click the Delete icon at the bottom of the panel. Deleting an
appearance is especially useful if you edit the Normal appearance extensively and decide you want to base
Rollover or Click on the new Normal appearance.
• To disable an appearance without deleting it, click the Eye icon next to the appearance to deselect it. Disabled
states are not exported to the fixed layout EPUB, PDF, or SWF file.
Note: You cannot delete or disable the Normal state.
Create multi-state objects
The Object States panel lets you create multiple versions of an object. A state is a version of a page item. An object that
includes multiple states is called a multi-state object.
With the Object States panel, there is no limit to the number of states you can create for an object. Each time you create
a state, you generate another version of your page item. Only one state is visible on the page at a time. For print and
PDF output, only the active state appears in the final output.
Create a multi-state object slide show
One of the most common uses for a multi-state object is a slide show that lets viewers of a SWF file click through a set
of images. For example, you can create a slide show of 20 images without having to place the images on 20 different
pages.
1 Place the images that will appear in the slide show.
For best results, make sure that the image frames are the same size.
A state does not have to be a single item—it can be a collection of items.
2 To stack the images, select them, and click Align Horizontal Centers and Align Vertical Centers in the
Control panel.
3 With the images still selected, open the States panel (Window > Interactive > Object States), and click the Convert
Selection To Multi-State Object button
.