Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 512)

INDESIGN CS3
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Visibility In PDF Specify whether you want the button to be visible or invisible in the exported PDF document, and
whether you want the button to be printed. You may want to hide the button so that you can display it only during
mouse rollover.
3 Click the Behaviors tab, specify what happens when the button is acted on, and then click OK.
Convert a button to an object
1 Use the Selection tool to select the button.
2 Choose Object > Interactive > Convert From Button.
When you use the Convert From Button command, the contents of the button remain on the page without the button
properties.
Change the appearance of button states
Just as an image is contained in a graphics frame and text is contained in a text frame, a button appearance is
contained in a button frame. However, unlike other frames, a button frame can have multiple child objects that apply
to different states.
Each button can have as many as three states: Up, Rollover, and Down. The Up state appears unless the mouse pointer
moves into the area (Rollover) or the mouse button is clicked on the button area (Down). Different appearances can
be applied to each of these three states. You can select from a set of preset appearances, or you can create and define
new states.
By default, any button you create is defined with the Up state containing the button’s text or image. When you create
a new state, the appearance of the currently selected state is used. To distinguish a state from the others, you can then
add text or an image, or you can delete the state’s contents and add new contents. If you convert an object to a button,
the contents become the Up state of the button.
Button states
A. Pointer not over button area (Up) B. Pointer enters button area (Rollover) C. Pointer clicks (Down)
Change the appearance of a button’s states
1 Choose Window > Interactive > States to display the States panel.
2 Using the Selection tool , select the button in the layout that you want to edit.
3 Do one of the following:
• In the States panel, select a preset option from the Appearance menu. The preset options create slightly different
button appearances for the Up, Rollover, and Down states.
• From the States panel menu, choose New State to create the Rollover state. Choose New State again to create the
Down state. If the Up, Down, and Rollover states exist, the New State option is dimmed.
4 To change the appearance of a state, do any of the following:
• To place a text file or image in the state, select the state in the States panel, and then either choose File > Place or
choose Place Content Into State from the States panel menu. Double-click the filename of the text or graphic.
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