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babsv21393929
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May 27, 2023
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Interactive button switching between colors

  • May 27, 2023
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Hi,

 

I will do my best to explain my problem.

I'm creating an interactive document on Indesign where people can rate something. I want to do this with stars, so I give something 3 stars or 4 etc. But I want to know if you can go back to the original state with an interaction button?
So someone gives 4 stars for something but afterwards thinks no, I'll only give it 3 stars or 2. I can't go from a filled star back to an unfilled star or go back to filled. So that you can actually switch between filled in and unfilled again and again.

 

I hope somebody can help me.

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4 replies

Derek Cross
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Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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May 28, 2023

Bob makes a fair point, you can create the interactive document in InDesign and publish it via Publish Online but users won't be able to react with it. I'm sure Bob would recommend a website for this kind of interactive project.

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
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May 28, 2023

And then what? What is the purpose of this? If you want to collect reviews, you're not going to be able to do this with InDesign.

Lukas Engqvist
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Lukas EngqvistCommunity Expert
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May 28, 2023

If we are talking about publish online, then having a multistate object with 0,1,2,3, 4, 5 stars would sound like a logical solution. Above the MSO (Multi state object) you have buttons over the star areas where they on tap (or hover) go to that state. The tricky part is where do you want the Zero to be?

An alternative is to have a button group for a star so that clicking on empty star hides the empty star and replaces shows filled star. And the reverse clicking the filled star shows the empty star and hides the filled star. Using the "show/hide button" works also for PDF, adding useful tool tips for Acrobat is not difficult but would be quite time consuming.

    Derek Cross
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    Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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    May 28, 2023

    Have a look at InDesign's Publish Online facility.

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