Adobe InDesign CS5 - Manual (Page 559)

553 USING INDESIGN
Interactive documents
Last updated 11/16/2011
Note: When certain animation effects such as Fade In are combined with a page transition or page curl, the animation
may not behave as expected in the Preview panel or in the exported SWF file. For example, objects that are set to "fade
in" are visible while turning the page when they should start as invisible. To avoid this conflict, do not use page transitions
on those pages with animation, and turn off the Include Interactive Page Curl option in the SWF Export dialog box.
Motion presets that may not work as expected with page transitions and page curl include Appear, Fade In, the various
Fly-in presets, Zoom in 2D, and Swoosh.
Convert selected objects to a motion path
You can create animation by selecting an object and a path and converting it to a motion path. If you selected two
closed paths, such as two rectangles, the path on top becomes the motion path.
1 Select the object you want to animate and the path you want to use as the motion path.
You cannot convert more than two selected objects.
2 In the Animation panel, click the Convert To Motion Path button .
3 Change the settings in the Animation panel.
Motion preset options
Motion preset options appear in the Animation panel. Click the Properties option to display advanced settings.
Name Specify a name for the animation. Specifying a descriptive name is especially useful when setting up an action
that triggers the animation.
Preset Choose from a list of pre-defined motion settings.
Event(s) By default, On Page Load is selected, which means the animated object plays when the page is opened in the
SWF file. Choose On Page Click to trigger the animation when the page is clicked. Choose On Click (Self) or On Roll
Over (Self) to trigger the animation when the object itself is clicked or moused over, respectively. If you create a button
action that triggers the animation, On Button Event is selected. (See “
Add actions to buttons ” on page 560.) You can
specify multiple events to start the animation.
If you select the On Roll Over (Self) event, you can also select Reverse On Roll Off. This option reverses the action of
the animation when the mouse moves off the object.
Create Button Trigger Click this button to trigger the animation from an existing object or button. After you click
Create Button Trigger , click the object that triggers the animation. The object is converted to a button, if necessary,
and the Buttons panel opens.
Duration Specify how much time it takes for the animation to occur.
Play Specify the number of times the animation is played, or select Loop to cause the animation to play repeatedly until
it’s stopped.
Speed Choose an option to determine whether the animation speed is a steady rate (None), starts slowly and speeds
up (Ease In), or slows down at the end (Ease Out).
Note: The following options are available when Properties is expanded.
Animate Choose From Current Appearance to use the object’s current properties (scale percentage, rotation angle,
and position) as the starting point of the animation.
Choose To Current Appearance to use the object’s properties as the ending point of the animation. Using this option
is especially useful in slide shows. For example, objects that fly in from off the page can appear on the page rather than
on the pasteboard, improving the appearance of the printed document.