Adobe InDesign User Manual
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On Release
On Click
On Roll Over
On Roll Off
On Focus
On Blur
Go To Destination
Go To First/Last/Next/Previous Page
Go To URL
Show/Hide Buttons
Video
Sound
Animation (SWF)
Go To Page (SWF)
Go To State (SWF)
Go To Next/Previous State (SWF)
Go To Next View (PDF)
Events determine how actions are activated in buttons when the document is exported to Adobe PDF or SWF. (In Acrobat, events are called
triggers.)
When the mouse button is released after a click. This is the most commonly used event, because it gives the user one last chance to
drag the cursor off the button and not activate the action.
When the mouse button is clicked (without being released). Unless you have a specific reason for using On Click, it’s preferable to use
On Release so that users have a chance to cancel the action.
When the mouse pointer enters the button area defined by the button’s bounding box.
When the mouse pointer exits the button area.
When the button in a PDF file receives focus, either through a mouse action or pressing the Tab key.
When the focus moves to a different button or form field in the PDF file.
Action types
When you create an action, you indicate what happens when the specified event occurs—usually when someone clicks the button. You can assign
the following actions to occur when the event type is activated:
Jumps to the specified text anchor created using the Bookmarks or Hyperlinks panel. See
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Jumps to the first, last, previous, or next page in the PDF or SWF file. Select an option from the Zoom
menu to determine how the page is displayed.
Opens the web page of the specified URL.
Toggles between showing and hiding specified buttons in the exported PDF or SWF file. For example, if you want one button
to appear when another button is moused over, you can hide the target button until it’s triggered and create an action that displays the hidden
button on rollover. See
Display a different button on rollover
Lets you play, pause, stop, or resume the selected movie. Only movies that have been added to the document appear in the Video menu.
Lets you play, pause, stop, or resume the selected sound clip. Only sound clips that have been added to the document appear in the
Sound menu.
Lets you play, pause, stop, or resume to selected animation. Only animations that have been added to the document appear in
the Animation menu.
Jumps to the page in the SWF file you specify.
Jumps to a specific state in a multi-state object. For example, if a multi-state object includes several different images as
states, you can use this action to display a particular image.
Jumps to the next or previous state in a multi-state object. These options are especially useful for clicking
through a slideshow. See
Jumps to a page after going to the previous view. In the same way that a Forward button is available in a web browser
only after someone clicks the Back button, this option is available only if the user has jumped to a previous view.
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