How to achieve Page Transitions within InDesign to export to Interactive PDF?

[jonathanh74778564]

Hi, Adobe community. Does anyone know how you can achieve a simple page transition within Indesign to then export to an Interactive PDF to work? I have the latest software installed and when I go through the Interactive / Page Transitions function within Indesign and then export it as a PDF the function does not work. My Indesign file does have other 'go to' buttons, 'reveal' buttons and hyperlinks, etc but all I want is a simple fade or push page transition. Any advice and help would be much appreciated. I am Mac opposed to PC.

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[Willi Adelberger]

You have to export to PDF Interactive or to Publish Online to make it work.

[Frans v.d. Geest · Accepted solution]

Those transitions will only work if the PDF is exported as and iPDF and displayed in only Acrobat and in Acrobat full screen mode. So all these conditions have to be met. And remember: Old Flash transitions like the infamous 'page curl' are not supported.

[jonathanh74778564]

Hi Willi and Frans, thanks for your response. When you say iPDF do you mean an interactive PDF or is that a specific suffix you are referring to. I am currently saving as an Interavtive PDF (.pdf).

[Derek Cross]

Yes, they do mean Interactive PDF.

Alternatively, have a look at InDesign's Publish Online facility or possibly in5 an InDesign plug-in (at extra cost). https://ajarproductions.com

[jonathanh74778564]

Thank you Derek. So I seem to be following the right instructions i.e Save an Interactive PDF and viewing in full screen in Acrobat but it’s not working. I’ve also checked the Acrobat full screen preferences. Thanks for in5 information which I will look into. I can’t believe in 2022 Adobe don’t have this built in and working seamlessly across Indesign and Acrobat!

[Derek Cross]

I wouldn't bother with PDF for this – you can't control which PDF Viewer users might use and how they will use them, any more than Adobe can as they don't own the specification anymore. 

Publish Online and in5 employ HTML5 and so any such documents produced will be viewable on any device that has a compatible browser: PC, Mac, Smart Phone and Tablet.

[jonathanh74778564]

Thank you for your advice Derek, I will be making my client aware of this and will look into the other 2 options if they require such functionality. Have a good day, Cheers Jonathan

[Kishore Thogiti]

After applying the page transtitions, you can export the document to .epub instead of PDF to have the page transition effects.