Insert a pop-up content in pdf

Question

Hello there, I want to insert some diagrams into my pdf, so as when the reader clicks a button on the page, a diagram will be shown, or popped-up, on the page (and it covers some lines of text).

Due to the characteristics of these diagrams, it's not suitable for me to just make them as pictures, so that I will easily trigger them via simple hyperlinks; they include quantified values that I wish they can be arranged into textboxs. They are also stylish on the other hand, as they include pictures and designs, done using Microsoft Word.

This has become a headache for me. Does anyone have any suggestion on how I can carry this out? Please let me know if this requires other tools rather than Acrobat.

Dave__M · Answer

There is a nice trick that I have used in the past. Here's the basic outline...

In Acrobat's Forms toolset. Create a Button. In the properties of this button, set the Layout as Icon Only, and assign your popup image as the icon. (You'll ultimately set this button's properties to start out Hidden)
Next, create another button that will be your trigger. Set as its action, Show/hide a field. Assign the popup button as the field to be shown/hidden. Use show as the command.
Continue on with this notion, making another button trigger a Show/hide...Hide command.

A bit tough to describe, but it does work nicely in the right circumstances.

Good luck - I hope this is helpful.

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