Page transitions – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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Page transitions
Apply page transitions
Clear transitions
Viewing page transitions in a PDF
Page transitions display a decorative effect such as a dissolve or wipe when you’re turning pages in a document that is exported to SWF or PDF
format. You can apply different transitions to different pages, or you can apply a single transition to all the pages. Page transitions are especially
useful when you create a slideshow in PDF or SWF format.
Apply page transitions
You can apply page transitions to individual spreads or to all spreads in the document. Page transitions appear when you export an InDesign
document to PDF or SWF format. You cannot apply transitions to different pages within the same spread or to master pages.
Page turn transition in SWF file. Click a corner of the image to view transition.
1. In the Pages panel, select the spreads to which you want to apply the page transition.
Make sure the spread is selected, not simply targeted. The numbers below the pages in the Pages panel should be highlighted.
2. To display the Page Transitions panel, choose Window > Interactive > Page Transitions.
3. Choose a Transition from the Transition menu.
Hold the mouse pointer over the thumbnail to view an animated preview of the selected transition.
You may wonder whether it’s necessary to select the Page Turn (SWF Only) transition to create a page curl effect in SWF file. It isn’t
necessary to apply this transition to turn pages manually in the SWF file. If you select the Include Interactive Page Curl option in the Export
SWF dialog box, you can either turn the pages manually by dragging a corner in the exported SWF file, or you can use arrow keys or
navigation buttons to activate whatever page transition you select for that page.
4. Customize the transition as desired by choosing options from the Direction and Speed menus.
5. (Optional) To apply the selected transition to all spreads currently in the document, click the Apply To All Spreads icon
, or choose Apply
To All Spreads from the Page Transitions panel menu.
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