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Agnes Sellgren
Agnes Sellgren
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November 21, 2022
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How to create a "mouseover" for a word in text

  • November 21, 2022
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I´m trying to create a mouseover when hovering over a word in InDesign. I only find articles about objects etc but this is a word I want to show a short text when hovering over it. 

 

Please help

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Correct answer Pickory

There is a script to do this.

http://blog.gilbertconsulting.com/2010/01/tooltip-script-for-indesign.html

There are others, search for InDesign pdf tooltip

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PickoryCorrect answer
Legend
November 24, 2022

There is a script to do this.

http://blog.gilbertconsulting.com/2010/01/tooltip-script-for-indesign.html

There are others, search for InDesign pdf tooltip

Luke Jennings3
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Luke Jennings3Community Expert
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November 21, 2022

If you want to do this on an interactive pdf, create a button over the word (the button can be invisible), export to an interactive pdf, open the pdf in Acrobat and go to Tools> Prepare form, right click on the button to edit the button properties, add the wanted text in the Tooltip section, save. The user would need to view the pdf in Acrobat or Reader and not on a phone or tablet.

Agnes Sellgren
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November 22, 2022

Thank you, this is very helpful! Thank you all 🙂

Bill Silbert
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Bill SilbertCommunity Expert
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November 21, 2022

If you're trying to make this happen in the InDesign file itself then it is not possible to do so. In order to show any kind of interactive effect like what you're after it will only be possible by exporting to one of the available formats that Bob has already suggested.

    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity Expert
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    November 21, 2022

    What format do you intend this to work with? PDF? EPUB? Publish Online?

     

    In theory it can be created using show/hide buttons but it won't work on mobile devices and is nothing short of a crapshoot in PDF.

      Agnes Sellgren
      Agnes SellgrenAuthor
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      November 22, 2022

      I want this for an interactive PDF 

      John Mensinger
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      John MensingerCommunity Expert
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      November 22, 2022

      You can't achieve that in InDesign, but it's possible in Acrobat by placing a (transparent) "button" over the word and assigning an action triggerd on Mouse Enter.

      BUT...

      ...it will only work reliably...

      IF...

      ...this interactive PDF is only to be distributed within a relatively small group of recipients (as opposed to broadcast to the world-at-large)

      AND...

      ...you can assure that every user in that small group will only view the PDF in Adobe's desktop Acrobat or Reader (as oppposed to 3rd-party readers, browser plug-in's, or on any mobile device)

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