Re: Problem creating Interactive PDF in InDesign

BobLevine

I can tell what you did, I think. You created a table and added what you thought would be placeholder text. You right clicked it and chose Interactive > Converted to Text Field. That's not how it works and you'll need to add the placeholder text in Acrobat after you create the three text fields separately.

BobLevine

Never mind. I don't need it. You have one text field, not three.

BobLevine

Can you post the INDD file? That'll make it much easier to check what's going on, but I only see one icon for that text field, not three.

BobLevine

Did you uninstall InDesign and then reinstall using an English version? AFAIK, that's the only way to get this feature. It does not come with the MENA or CJK versions.

BobLevine

You need to show us the resultant PDF, not just a screenshot. But that's a text field. Are you expecting people to fill out three choices in one field? Finally, where you looking at this? In Acrobat? A third party PDF Reader?

BobLevine

This is a known bug. There is no workaround beyond going back to an earlier version of InDesign.

BobLevine

One more thing. InDesign / InCopy will not move text from one ICML file to another. The ICML files contain stories. If the text frames are threaded it'll work. If they're not, you'll wind up with overset text.

BobLevine

Nothing's changed but I will offer this piece of advice in addition to making sure all files are available off line. Unless you're using a large work group do not use assignments. Have the InCopy users open the INDD files and check out the stories from there. IME, with a fast internet connection, the InCopy lock files are generated almost instantaneously and unlike the InDesign lock files are honored by InDesign and InCopy.

BobLevine

You have to save as PDF compatible since InDesign is, like it does when placing, uses the PDF portion of the file.

BobLevine

Are you using an English language version of InDesign 2026? It will work in all but CJK and MENA versions so I suspect you're using one of those.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 12, 2025

I'm glad you got it squared away.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 12, 2025

Replacing pages only replaces static art, it does not touch any of the interactive elements. Try it.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 12, 2025

BTW, in the future, best to create a new post rather than tack on a comment in an 8-year-old thread. You tend to get more attention.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 12, 2025

View > Tools > Organize Pages. You'll see thumbnails of your pages. From the menu at the top, select Replace, navigate to the new PDF and a Replace Pages pop up will allow you to choose the pages to replace and which pages to replace them with.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 12, 2025

My guess is you didn't remove an earlier version and you're attempting to open the newer file in that earlier version.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 12, 2025

Me, too.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 12, 2025

Having that on by default was not a wise choice, IMO.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 12, 2025

That is actually the solution. By maintaining InDesign edition capabilities, you are adding a tremendous amount of data to the file.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 10, 2025

Is the actual pixel count correct?

BobLevine · ‎Nov 10, 2025

Yes it matters. It matters a lot. This is especially true if you're using the web or mobile settings in InDesign where the assumption is everything is 72ppi.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 10, 2025

How are you measuring this? By pixel? By inch?

BobLevine · ‎Nov 10, 2025

I thought there were two, but if it's indeed just one, then I too would recommend two styles but have one based on the other. Should make things very easy to manage.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 10, 2025

One more thing it could be. Is the object style based on another object style? If so, check that one, too.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 10, 2025

Check the object style attributes and look at the paragraph styles that are applied there.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 09, 2025

Your reply makes no sense and to avoid any future confusion, I'm locking this discussion.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 09, 2025

Yes, it is.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 08, 2025

Check the version by looking under the About InDesign menu. It's under the InDesign menu on Mac and the Help menu on Windows.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 08, 2025

Did you delete earlier versions when you installed version 21? Perhaps you opened the earlier version accidentally.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 08, 2025

Buttons are affected but exporting to IDML fixes it and it only affects earlier version files opened in version 21. Buttons created in version 21 are fine.

BobLevine · ‎Nov 08, 2025

Why not open that PDF in Acrobat on a desktop and save it as a Word doc. Place that in InDesign.

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