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Could I generate buttons for interactive pdf by using script?

New Here ,
Sep 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019

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Hi community,

 

I'm designing an organizational chart for the administration of my city. Please note I have little coding/scripting experience, I'm purely a graphic designer. I wanted it to be interactive, so I've opted for an interactive pdf in Indesign. 

The result is a bubble-like chart, with 'mouse over' and 'mouse off' buttons. The explanations right from the bubble chart appear/dissappear by the hovering the mouse on the chart. This all works great, but I'm doing it all manually and looking towards hours and hours of very very boring work. I was thinking, maybe if all the buttons are made, maybe with a script I can speed up the process? 

 

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

 

P.

 

 

 

 

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Community Expert ,
Sep 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019

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Why don't you go directly to a web version? with Publish Online in InDesign?

I suggest creating this chart with HTML5/JS in another tool…

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New Here ,
Sep 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019

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A web version seems better yes. So you do NOT advice using Indesign (CC) for this?

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Community Expert ,
Sep 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019

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Publish Online comes with InDesign CC2015 upwards.

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Sep 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019

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It's not clear to me how you're doing this, but maybe this example would get you started.

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Advisor ,
Sep 25, 2019 Sep 25, 2019

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Mouse overs are pretty easy to do in InDesign. And Publish Online is a great way to get your InDesign documents on the web. Here are several examples of what can be done using InDesign and Publish Online. Hope this helps. 

http://bit.ly/PubOnCollection

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