Adobe InDesign CC 2015 User Manual
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Interactivity
Last updated 6/6/2015
Buttons, page transitions, hyperlinks, animation, and media files can be included in exported SWF and FLA files.
Buttons
For buttons in an exported SWF or FLA file, the Next Page and Previous Page actions are especially useful
controls for playback in Flash Player. However, some actions that work in interactive PDF files have no effect in Flash
Player. When you choose an action in the Buttons panel, do not select an option from the PDF Only section.
You can add navigation buttons that are preformatted with Go To Next Page and Go To Previous Page actions. Choose
Sample Buttons from the Buttons panel menu. See
Page Transitions
All page transitions work well in Flash Player. In addition to page transitions that appear when you
turn the page, you can add include an interactive page curl during export that lets you drag corners of pages to turn
them.
Hyperlinks
Create links to websites or to other pages in the document. Hyperlinks are broken in FLA files.
Movies and sound clips
Movies and sound clips are included in an exported SWF file if they’re in a supported format,
such as SWF, FLV, F4V, and MP4 for movies and MP3 for sound clips.
When you export to FLA, only the poster image is included in the FLA file. Supported media files appear in a resources
folder saved in the same location as the exported FLA file.
Conversion issues
Color
SWF and FLA files use RGB color. When a document is exported to SWF or FLA, InDesign converts all color
spaces (such as CMYK and LAB) to sRGB. InDesign converts spot colors to equivalent RGB process colors.
To avoid unwanted color changes in artwork with text with transparency, choose Edit > Transparency Blend Space >
Document RGB. To avoid unwanted color changes in images with transparency, avoid using a lossy compression during
export.
Text
When exporting to SWF or FLA, you can determine whether text is output as Flash text or converted to outlines
or pixels. Text exported as Flash Classic Text remains fully editable when the FLA file is opened in Adobe Flash CS5
Professional and can be searched in web browsers when saved as SWF files.
Images
When you export images to SWF or FLA, you can change image compression, JPEG quality, and resolution
settings during export.
When you export images to FLA, an image placed multiple times in your InDesign document is saved as a single image
asset with a shared location. Note that a large number of vector images in the InDesign document may cause
performance problems in the exported file.
To reduce file size, place repeating images on master pages, and avoid copying and pasting images. If the same image is
placed multiple times in the document and not transformed or cropped, only one copy of the file is exported in the FLA
file. Images that are copied and pasted are treated as separate objects.
By default, a placed Illustrator file is treated as a single image in the FLA file, whereas an Illustrator file that’s copied
and pasted generates many individual objects. For best results, place the Illustrator image as a PDF file instead of
copying and pasting from Illustrator. Copying and pasting results in multiple editable paths.
You can change preference options to make sure that Illustrator objects are pasted as one object instead of a collection
of small vectors. In Illustrator File Handling & Clipboard preferences, select PDF and deselect AICB (No Transparency
Support). In InDesign Clipboard Handling preferences, select both Prefer PDF When Pasting and Copy PDF To Clipboard.
Transparency
Before exporting to SWF, make sure that transparent objects do not overlap any interactive element, such
as a button or hyperlink. If an object with transparency overlaps an interactive element, the interactivity may be lost
during export. You may want to flatten transparency before exporting to FLA.
In some instances, choosing a lossy compression reduces the quality of images with transparency. When exporting,
choose PNG (Lossless) to improve the quality.