Adobe InDesign CS5 - Manual (Page 537)

531 USING INDESIGN
Interactive documents
Last updated 11/16/2011
Export to interactive PDF options
The following options appear in the Export To Interactive PDF dialog box.
Pages Indicate whether all pages in the document, or a page range is included. If you select Range, specify a page range,
such as 1-7, 9 to print pages 1 through 7 and 9. See “ Specifying pages to print ” on page 600.
View After Exporting Opens the newly-created PDF file in the default PDF viewing application.
Embed Page Thumbnails Creates a thumbnail preview for each page being exported, or one thumbnail for each spread
if the Spreads option is selected. The thumbnail is displayed in the InDesign Open or Place dialog boxes. Adding
thumbnails increases the PDF file size.
Create Acrobat Layers Saves each InDesign layer as an Acrobat layer within the PDF. The layers are fully navigable,
which allows users of Acrobat 6.0 and later to generate multiple versions of the file from a single PDF.
Create Tagged PDF During export, automatically tags elements in the story based on a subset of the Acrobat tags that
InDesign supports. This includes recognition of paragraphs, basic text formatting, lists, and tables. (You can also insert
and adjust tags in the document before exporting to PDF. See “
Adding structure to PDFs ” on page 517.)
View Initial view settings of the PDF when it’s opened.
Layout Initial layout of the PDF when it’s opened.
Presentation Select Opens In Full Screen Mode to display the PDF in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader without menus
or panels displayed. To advance the pages automatically, select Flip Pages Every and specify the number of seconds
between page turns.
Page Transitions Specify one page transition to apply to all pages during export. If you use the Page Transitions panel
to specify transitions, choose the From Document option to use those settings.
Buttons And Media Select Include All to allow movies, sounds, and buttons to be interactive in the exported PDF file.
Select Appearance Only to include the normal state of buttons and the video posters as static elements.
Compression Choose JPEG (Lossy) to remove image data and possibly reduce image quality. However, file size is
reduced with a minimal loss of information. Choose JPEG 2000 (Lossless) to export the file without lossy compression.
Choose Automatic to let InDesign determine the best quality for color and grayscale images.
JPEG Quality Specifies the amount of detail in the exported image. The higher the quality, the larger the file size. This
option is dimmed if you choose JPEG 2000 (Lossless) for Compression.
Resolution Specify the resolution of bitmap images in the exported PDF. Choosing a high resolution is especially
important to allow viewers to zoom in on pixel-based content within your exported PDF. Choosing a high resolution
can significantly increase the file size.
Creating PDF forms
Although InDesign does not provide tools for adding form fields, Adobe Acrobat does. You can create a form in
InDesign that includes placeholders for fields such as radio buttons, check boxes, and text fields. Then you can export
to PDF, and use Acrobat to convert the placeholders into form fields.
1 In InDesign, create the document you want to use for the form. Use tables and text boxes to create the placeholders
for the fields.
You can also add interactive buttons in InDesign.
2 Export the document to Adobe PDF.