Converted interactive PowerPoint to PDF: JavaScript to change highlight state of all buttons from invert to none?

Question

Hi, I have created a PDF from a Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentation, which has multiple action buttons and links. Everything works as it should; however, the default highlight style for each button in Acrobat is 'Invert' which turns the background of the invisible button black on rollover/click. I am able to edit each button individually (changing the highlight style to 'None'); however, there are hundreds of buttons. Therefore, I am hoping that there may be some JavaScript that I can use to achieve this task across the document. Normally, I would take the time and try to figure this out for myself before asking for help but circumstances have conspired against me. Therefore, I would really appreciate it if anyone has a solution.

Many thanks,

Julie

try67 · Accepted Answer

This code will edit both links and buttons and set their Highlight property to None:

for (var p=0; p<this.numPages; p++) {
    var box = this.getPageBox("Crop", p);
    var links = this.getLinks(p, box);
    if (links==null || links.length==0) continue;
    for (var i in links) {
        links.highlightMode = "None";
    }
}
for (var i=0; i<this.numFields; i++) {
    var f = this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));
    if (f==null) continue;
    if (f.type=="Button");
        f.highlight = highlight.n;
}

If you're interested in an easy way to edit the properties of multiple fields (not links, though) all at once, check out this tool I've developed:

Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Mass Edit Fields Properties

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