Adobe InDesign User Manual
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3. Click the Convert Object To A Button icon
in the Buttons panel (choose Window > Interactive > Buttons). Or, choose Object > Interactive
> Convert to Button.
4. In the Buttons panel, do any of the following:
In the Name text box, specify a name for the button to distinguish it from other buttons you create.
Specify one or more actions for the button to determine what happens when the button is clicked in the exported PDF or SWF file. See
.
Activate additional appearance states and change their appearance to determine what the button looks like when you use the mouse to
roll over the button or click it in the exported PDF or SWF file. See
Change button appearance for rollover and clicking
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5. Use the Preview panel (Window > Interactive > Preview) to test the button before you export the document to interactive PDF or SWF.
Add a button from the Sample Buttons panel
The Sample Buttons panel includes a number of pre-created buttons that you can drag into your document. These sample buttons include effects
such as gradient feathers and drop shadows, with a slightly different appearance for the Rollover appearance. The sample buttons are also
assigned actions. For example, the sample arrow buttons are preset with Go To Next Page or Go To Previous Page actions. You can edit these
buttons to suit your needs.
The Sample Buttons panel is an object library. As with any object library, you can add buttons to the panel and remove ones you don’t want to
use. (See
The sample buttons are stored in the ButtonLibrary.indl file, which is located in the Presets/Button Library folder in
the InDesign application folder.
1. Choose Sample Buttons from the Buttons panel menu to open the Sample Buttons panel.
2. Drag a button from the Sample Buttons panel to the document. If you want navigation buttons to appear on every page, add the buttons to a
master page.
3. Select the button using the Selection tool, and then edit the button as necessary using the Buttons panel.
While editing the sample buttons, keep the following in mind:
If you add text to a button, remember to copy and paste the text from the Normal button state to the Rollover button state. Otherwise, the text
you add does not appear when the mouse rolls over the button in the PDF or SWF file.
You can resize buttons. If you drag a pair of Next Page/Previous Page arrow buttons, resize the first button, and then select the second
button, and choose Object > Transform Again > Transform Again.
Use the Preview panel to test the button.
Convert a button to an object
When you convert a button to an object, the contents of the button remain on the page without the button properties. Any content associated with
the button’s other states are also removed.
1. Use the Selection tool to select the button.
2. Choose Object > Interactive > Convert To Object.
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