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Export animations not working (buttons do work)

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May 4, 2026
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Hi, I am working on my exam (due may 7th) when exporting to interactive pdf my buttons are working but none of my animations work ? Can anyone help me out ? I have attached my indesign file and the exported pdf. Thank you so much, Kristof

menuresto FINAL.pdf

menuresto FINAL.indd

Correct answer BobLevine

I’m curious...what led you to think animations were supported in PDF? They have NEVER been supported. There is quite simply no way what your teacher showed you was a PDF with animations in it.

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Jeffrey_Smith

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The animations will work if you use publish online.

BobLevine

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Yeah, I pointed that out and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that’s what the teacher was showing.

BobLevine

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I’m curious...what led you to think animations were supported in PDF? They have NEVER been supported. There is quite simply no way what your teacher showed you was a PDF with animations in it.

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kristof_2027Author

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Well I did manage to get animations in the interactive PDF between pages so I guess PDF does support it somehow. I will share a link in publish that will not give me these issues...

BobLevine

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Those are page transistion effects, not animations. Animations work, in addition to fixed layout epub, in Publish Online.

I strongly believe that either one is what your teacher showed you.

leo.r

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In brief: Animations in PDF don’t work, don’t waste your time and give it up. Include links to the videos instead.

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kristof_2027Author

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Well that’s something Adobe should look at ;-) My teacher did share some working pdf’s from other students so somehow they got it working… I will not pass if I don’t animate :-)

leo.r

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It’s quite possible that someone managed to create a PDF where some videos appear to be working under certain conditions. However, it’s not a rule. As a rule, there’s no guarantee that videos in PDF will work, or will work reliably, or will not stop working at some point.

Did your teacher test that PDF with videos in every possible PDF viewer, including internet browsers? Hint: It's impossible because the number of PDF viewers is infinite.

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