Create multi-state objects – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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Delete and disable appearances
1. Select the appearance in the Buttons panel.
2. Do any of the following:
To delete the Rollover or Click appearance, click the Delete icon at the bottom of the panel. Deleting an appearance is especially useful
if you edit the Normal appearance extensively and decide you want to base Rollover or Click on the new Normal appearance.
To disable an appearance without deleting it, click the Eye icon next to the appearance to deselect it. Disabled states are not exported to
the PDF or SWF file.
You cannot delete or disable the Normal state.
Create multi-state objects
The Object States panel lets you create multiple versions of an object. A state is a version of a page item. An object that includes multiple states
is called a multi-state object.
With the Object States panel, there is no limit to the number of states you can create for an object. Each time you create a state, you generate
another version of your page item. Only one state is visible on the page at a time. For print and PDF output, only the active state appears in the
final output.
Create a multi-state object slide show
One of the most common uses for a multi-state object is a slide show that lets viewers of a SWF file click through a set of images. For example,
you can create a slide show of 20 images without having to place the images on 20 different pages.
1. Place the images that will appear in the slide show.
For best results, make sure that the image frames are the same size.
A state does not have to be a single item—it can be a collection of items.
2. To stack the images, select them, and click Align Horizontal Centers
and Align Vertical Centers
in the Control panel.
3. With the images still selected, open the States panel (Window > Interactive > Object States), and click the Convert Selection To Multi-State
Object button .
The images appear as states in the Object States panel, and a dashed frame borders the selected images.
4. Create navigation buttons that trigger the Go To Next State and Go To Previous State actions when the mouse button is release. See
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5. Use the Preview panel (Window > Interactive > Preview) to test the navigation buttons.
6. Export the document to SWF format. See
Edit a multi-state object
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