Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 514)

INDESIGN CS3
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Making buttons interactive
You can create, edit, and manage interactive effects in InDesign. When the document is exported to Adobe PDF,
these interactive behaviors are active in the PDF document. For example, suppose you want to create a button that
causes a sound to play. You can place the sound file in an InDesign document, and then create a button that causes
the sound to play when you click the button in the PDF document.
In this example, clicking the mouse button is the event, and playing the sound is the behavior.
This button is set to play a sound when the mouse button is released.
Create interactive button behaviors
You can assign behaviors to different events. For example, you can specify a sound to play when the mouse pointer
enters the button area, and a movie to play when the mouse button is clicked and released. You can also assign
multiple behaviors to the same event. For example, you can create a behavior that plays a movie and sets the view
zoom to Actual Size.
1 Create a button.
2 Use the Selection tool to select the button, choose Object > Interactive > Button Options, and then click the
Behaviors tab.
3 Choose an event, such as Mouse Up, that determines how behaviors are activated.
4 Choose a behavior for when the event is activated, and specify the characteristics of the behavior.
5 Click Add. The behavior appears under the event in the list box in the Button Options dialog box.
6 Continue to add as many events and behaviors as needed. When you’re done, click OK.
To test the behaviors you add, make sure that the Interactive Elements option is selected when you export the
document to PDF, and then open the PDF document in Acrobat 6, or Adobe Reader 6.
Note: When creating behaviors, remember to click the Add button. If you just click OK to close the dialog box, the event
and behavior are not added.
Edit or delete a button behavior
1 Use the Selection tool to select the button, choose Object > Interactive > Button Options, and then click the
Behaviors tab.
2 Do any of the following, and then click OK:
• To expand or collapse events in the list box, click the triangle icons.
• To deactivate behaviors and events, deselect the check box next to the item. Deactivating events and behaviors can
be useful for testing purposes.
• To change the order, drag and drop behaviors and events. You can drag a behavior from one event to another.