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RDWill
RDWill
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July 1, 2017
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Creating/ReCreating Specific Button in Acrobat DC

  • July 1, 2017
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After much searching and finding no answers, I turn to the Acrobat Gods to help me out!

I'm trying to figure out how to create these types of buttons like the ones listed under attributes, abilities, and willpower listed on this document:https://mrgone.rocksolidshells.com/pdf/Exalted/Exalted3rdED_2-Page_Interactive.pdf

When I open up the sheet in AA DC, I can see the fields and copy them, but it seems like there is a hidden layer underneath that serves as the actual "circle filling" rollover.  Sorry, I'm not sure how else to describe it.  Ideally, I'd like to be able to create a copy of a single dot, or multiple dots, and then redistribute them throughout a page as I see fit and still retain their usability (meaning I want the user to be able to click them and they are marked as filled).  For example, say I wanted to add two fillable circles to the "perception" attribute, how would I do this?

Additionally, I'd like to know how to create the square boxes that are clickable/fillable as well.  They are near the bottom of the first page and listed as health levels.

I'm using Adobe Acrobat DC and have access to InDesign as well.  I tend to use InDesign as Acrobat lacks a lot of the features and necessities for editing, aligning, and creating the things I need, inside of interactive PDFs.

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try67
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try67Community Expert
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July 1, 2017

There is no hidden layer or anything like that. They used check-boxes and set their Check Box Style option (under the Appearance tab) to either Circle or Square, according to their need. The borders are a part of the file's design.

I would recommend doing everything fields-related in Acrobat, actually. InDesign and Acrobat don't "play nice" when it comes to form fields, so you need to do everything either in one application or the other, and Acrobat is the native PDF editor, unlike ID.

RDWill
RDWillAuthor
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July 1, 2017

That would probably be why I had such a hard time finding postings relating to my issue as I was searching for "buttons" and not "check-boxes".  I'll go see if I can play with the check-boxes function and see if that gets me to where I need it.

IRT using only one program, the issue I have is that Acrobat is very limited, especially when it comes to graphics/design stuff, and is also just much less easy to use than InDesign is.  Just my .02


Thanks for your time and feedback on my issue.  I do appreciate it.

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