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FullDeck
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October 1, 2018
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Does InDesign posses this much-needed PowerPoint trick? Desperate!

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Hello! I'm creating an e-book in InDesign that may be exported as either an interactive PDF of ePub document, and I want that document to have its hyperlinks be the only way a user moves around to different pages. This is due to all the supplemental and reference pages throughout the spread, making it impossible to simply scroll through it in order. The doc simply won't make sense.

In PowerPoint, for example, de-selecting Advance Slide > On Mouse Click does precisely what I'm looking for, and forces the user to only click on buttons and/or hyperlinks to move around the presentation. Is there a way to do this in InDesign for export to an interactive PDF or ePub book? Via the export menu? A java script?

I've looked online and can't find an answer, and I'm racing against a deadline, so any help is appreciated.


Thanks,
Keith

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Derek Cross
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Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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October 1, 2018

eBooks are a generic term for various kinds of digital formats. Each kind has advantages (features) and disadvantages.

You can set hyperlinks in all the formats.

As well as PDF, FXL ePubs and Reflowable ePubs, have a look at InDesign's Publish Online, and possibly in5.

Lynda.com have a number of online video tutorials on producing these, you can get a 30-day free trail. And you can come back to this forum with specific questions.

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FullDeckAuthor
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October 1, 2018

Hi Derek,

Thanks for your reply, but I did have a specific question. I want to be able to stop page advance in my document. If it's a interactive PDF or an fixed ePub doc, it doesn't matter. I'd like to function like the PowerPoint example I gave, as I only want the hyperlinks on the pages themselves to allow for navigation, not the inherent swipe or tap to advance the page.

Any advice regarding that would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Keith

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
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October 1, 2018

If you want it to work like Powerpoint then you should use Powerpoint.

What you want to do here cannot reliably be done with either EPUB or PDF.

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