This a brief introduction to making interactive PDFs using Adobe InDesign. Embed videos, buttons and rollover effects to create dynamic, interactive PDF files that will entice your readers. PDFs are useful things, not only for print documents, but also for online information.
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- In this video, we show you how interactive documents can enhance the reading experience through imagery, typography, color, layout and engagement through motion graphics. Looking for more information?
- It sounds like I'm exaggerating doesn't it? Almost none of the interactivity in an interactive PDF actually works, even in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. What doesn't work in a PDF Here's a list of things that you can create with InDesign that don't work in a PDF: Animation.
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July 19, 2010
Sample interactive content made in InDesign CS5
Speaking of InDesign and rich publishing, here’s an example of the sort of interactive content (here displayed through Flash) that can be generated in CS5. (Click the main image to display the document.)
Ten years ago Michael Ninness brought me to Adobe to work on LiveMotion, and he went on to product-manage InDesign CS5. I’ve kidded him that a decade later, he managed to transplant LiveMotion 1.0’s heart into ID. I’m kidding, but it is cool to see a number of the features and concepts that customers liked back then–e.g. preset animation styles, easy button creation/interactivity assignment–brought forward. Now, unlike then, the content can also integrate with the Flash authoring environment, meaning you can get a fast, code-free start without eventually hitting a wall.
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You can design forms in InDesign and export them directly to PDF. InDesign now supports form fields and additional form actions. The Buttons and Forms library (Window > Interactive > Buttons and Forms) has form items that you can use to design interactive forms.
Using InDesign you can create simple forms within InDesign, without needing to touch up the PDF document in Acrobat after publishing. You can add simple form elements within the document pages. Common field types such as text fields, radio buttons, check boxes, or signatures are supported. You can also add actions to submit the form by email or to print it.
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In addition to the basic design, you can also use creative capabilities in InDesign to add a designer touch to your form.
- Add solid strokes and fills to the PDF form fields.
- Add custom On, Off, and Hover states for buttons, check boxes, and radio buttons.
- Specify font size for text input fields.
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For example, to collect credit card information, you could use credit card icons as radio buttons, with a different image for the selected state.
For advanced form workflows, you can export the basic form and then continue editing it in Adobe Acrobat.
Use the Buttons and Forms panel to add form fields to the layout. The procedures to add interactive form fields are the same as adding buttons so that you don't have to learn new procedures. You can create a form that works with Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat. Using InDesign, you can create some cool forms that you can’t ordinarily using Acrobat.
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Place a frame at the location where you want to place the form field.
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Open the Buttons and Forms panel (Windows > Interactive > Buttons and Forms)
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Select the frame and choose a form element type from the Type list. Alternatively, right-click a frame and choose Interactive > Convert to [..].
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Enter a name for the form field. To create a radio button group, all the individual buttons must have the same name.
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Choose an event and add actions to associate with it. Actions such as Clear Form, Print Form, and Submit Form have been added. In the Submit Form action specify the URL as 'mailto:[email protected].
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For a radio button, check box, or buttons: set appearance attributes for different states. InDesign adds default graphics for the various states, but you can add your own.
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For a list box, combo box, or text field: select font family, font type, and font size.
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Specify PDF options:
- Description - Entered value is displayed as the tool tip and is used for creating accessible forms
- Button Value - this value corresponds to the export value in Acrobat and can also be used to identify a radio button in a group in a accessible form.
To create user friendly and accessible forms, it is necessary to assign a usable tab order. Users can navigate through the form fields without using a pointing device. Pressing the Tab key shifts the focus to the next logical field.
There are two methods of specifying a tab order in a tagged PDF:
- Use the Articles panel (Windows > Article) to specify a custom tab order
- Choose Object > Interactive > Set Tab Order.
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In the articles panel, drag to reorder the fields in the required order.
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To enable screen readers to use the specified order, from the Articles panel menu, enable Use for Reading Order in Tagged PDFs. Remember to enable the Create Tagged PDF option while exporting the PDF.
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Click Move Up or Move Down to arrange the items in the desired tab order.
While exporting to interactive PDF, enable Use Structure for Tab Order in the PDF Export dialog box.
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