Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 560)

Buttons
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Create buttons
Make buttons interactive
Change button appearance for rollover and clicking
Create multi-state objects
Create button hot spots
Set the button tab order
Create buttons
You can create buttons that perform an action when the document is exported to SWF or PDF format. For example, you can create a button that
jumps to a different page or opens a website.
Button set up to play movie in exported PDF
When you create a button, you can do the following:
Use the Buttons panel to make the buttons interactive. When a user clicks a button in the exported SWF or PDF file, an action is performed.
See
Make buttons interactive .
Use the Appearance section of the Buttons panel to define the appearance the button takes in response to certain mouse actions. See
Change button appearance for rollover and clicking .
Use the Object States panel to create multi-state objects. See Create multi-state objects .
Create a “hot spot” or “hot link” effect that displays an image when the button is moused over or clicked. See Create button hot spots .
When working on buttons and designing dynamic documents, select the Interactivity workspace.
Create a button
1. Use the Pen tool or a drawing tool, such as the Rectangle tool or Ellipse tool, to draw the button shape. If necessary, use the Type tool to
add text to the button, such as “Next” or “Purchase.”
If you’re creating navigation buttons (such as Next Page or Previous Page) that appear on multiple pages, add them to a master page so
that you don’t have to re-create buttons on every document page. These buttons appear on all document pages to which the master is
applied.
2. Use the Selection tool to select the image, shape, or text frame that you want to convert.
You cannot convert a movie, sound, or poster to a button.
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