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December 27, 2021
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Alternative PDF Download via Publish Online

  • December 27, 2021
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Hi Community,

 

Is it possible that my viewers can download a different PDF if I publish my document with (APO) Adobe Publish Online?
Can I include a link to another PDF file, that could be downloaded with that button.
I have off-screen slides, that slide into frame only when you press the interactive buttons, they do not appear on the downloaded PDF.
Any help will be appreciated.

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Diane Burns
Inspiring
December 27, 2021

To add to Derek's response, if I understand you correctly, you'd like the user to be able to download a different, interactive PDF with the "Download PDF" button from Publish Online? If so, this is a feature that many folks would like. Would you add your vote and comment to User Voice? It's a resource Adobe uses to decide which features should be added. https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/33185851-do...

And don't know if this helps, don't think it's quite what you're going for, but you can create a Publish Onlne document that slides pages into place on page turn (on desktop browsers). Here is an example: https://adobe.ly/2yTI8OE

Participating Frequently
December 27, 2021

Pageturn is awesome, that looks good, It is kind of what i'm doing, but I have pages sliding horizontally and vertically, can page turn do vertical slides?

 

Derek Cross
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 27, 2021

All the samples on their site are fliping horizontally: https://www.paperturn.com

 

Derek Cross
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 27, 2021

I've done it the other way round – an Interactive PDF created from InDesign with links to several Publish Online documents that have links to return to the PDF, or to an external website and to a YouTube video, the whole hosted by one of the third-party applications, in this case PaperTurn.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/?pid=MTk193284&v=24.1

 

Participating Frequently
December 27, 2021

Thanks for the reply Derek, I will check it out, but I doubt paperturn could use my document, it's possible to even export as PDF interactive, like I said the off-canvas slides do not produce in the final bounce. It can only be published online from within Indesign.

But I think I found a solution, instead of my slides being off-canvas, ill place them behind the current content, which is on a white rectangle and then I will instead let the top layer fade out or slide away.