Add a button from the sample buttons panel, Convert a button to an object, Make buttons interactive – Adobe InDesign CS4 User Manual
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Dynamic documents
4 Choose Window > Interactive > Buttons to display the Buttons panel, use the Selection tool to select the button,
and do any of the following:
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In the Name text box, specify a name for the button to distinguish it from other buttons you create.
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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 “
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Activate additional 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 “
Add button states for rollover effects
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.
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 state. 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 “
” on page 374.) 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.
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:
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Updated 18 June 2009