Layer visibility - multiple "sets"

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March 13, 2019
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I'm trying to build a PDF from in which one of our company's dealerships can build a custom ad that adheres to our brand standards. I'd like them to be able to select a photo from a group of pre-approved images, and also select from a variety of pre-approved paragraphs.

My initial thought was to have the different elements on individual layers which are then chosen by a button using the "Set Layer Visibility" action.

That approach works great for one element, but not for multiple elements. For example, they cant select Image A and also select Paragraph D.

Is there a different way to go about solving this problem?

Thanks for any insight.

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John_Frederick_Chionglo

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You could also use PDF form fields to provide the options to your dealerships. After selecting the images and texts, you can spawn a template and fill the fields of the spawned template with the selected images and texts. I created an example in the PDF version of this reply: "Combining Elements to Form a Campaign Brochure Using a PDF Form with a Template". I hope this helps.

JR Boulay

Community Expert

This PDF is protected in "Acrobat X Compatibility and later versions".

Not that its content is necessarily valuable but simply because it prevents it from being opened in most low-end PDF reader softwares, which does not correctly manage OCG-layers: they could all appear at the same time in a very disconcerting visual mess for the end user.

As most of low-end software doesn't manage this level of protection either, so it suits us well.