Make buttons interactive – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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Make buttons interactive
You can create, edit, and manage interactive effects in InDesign. When the document is exported to Adobe PDF or SWF, these interactive actions
can be active.
For example, suppose you want to create a button that causes a sound to play in a PDF document. You can place the sound file in an InDesign
document, and then create a button that causes the sound to play when you click the button in the PDF document.
In this example, clicking the mouse button is the event, and playing the sound is the action.
This button is set to play a sound when the mouse button is released.
Some actions are supported in both PDF and SWF files, and some actions are supported only in PDF or SWF. When choosing an action,
avoid choosing a PDF-only action if you’re exporting to SWF or a SWF-only action if you’re exporting to PDF.
Add actions to buttons
You can assign actions to different events. For example, in an exported PDF file, you can specify a sound to play when the mouse pointer enters
the button area, and a movie to play when the mouse button is clicked and released. You can also assign multiple actions to the same event. For
example, you can create an action that plays a movie and sets the view zoom to Actual Size.
1. Use the Selection tool to select the button you created.
2. In the Buttons panel, choose an event, such as On Release, that determines how actions are activated.
3. Click the plus sign button next to Actions, and choose the action to assign to the event.
4. Specify the settings of the action.
For example, if you choose Go To First Page, specify the zoom. If you choose Go To URL, specify the web page address. Some actions,
such as Go To Next View, do not have additional settings.
5. If necessary, continue to add as many actions as needed to any event.
To test the button, export the document to PDF or SWF, and view the exported file. If you’re exporting to PDF, make sure that the Interactive
Elements option is selected. If you’re exporting to SWF, make sure that Include Buttons is selected.
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