I have created an interactive presentation for an iPad in InDesign. A button should make three invisible layers visible and a second close button should make them invisible again. It's quite complicated in InDesign but it works. But then you ask yourself why all the effort if you have to edit it again for a PDF in Acrobat. And you might think that InDesign and Acrobat were developed by two completely different companies. They are two different worlds. Since I just couldn't figure it out, I asked Perplexity. Perplexity has written a step-by-step guide for me. Under point 6 it says: “The ‘Set layer visibility’ window opens. Here you can see all available layers.” Unfortunately, no layers are displayed in this window. But all available layers are listed in Acrobat on the right side. And I guess this is where the error is. I am not offered any layers at the crucial point. What could be the reason?
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Create PDFs
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Edit and convert PDFs
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General troubleshooting
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Modern Acrobat
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First you need to show/hide the layers as they should be displayed after the action, and then you need to create the ‘Define layer visibility’ action. It's a bit confusing, but that's how it works in Acrobat.
Ok, thank you very much for your answer. I have now understood it. But that means, for example, that a close button cannot hide itself. This is because you would have to hide it to determine how it should be displayed after the action. But if I hide it, I can't edit it. This in turn means that I have to insert another invisible button in InDesign that is permanently active. Truly very complicated, although this procedure was actually intended to make everything easier.
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