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January 21, 2024
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InDesign: Interactive Documents

  • January 21, 2024
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good morning,

I'm viewing a video course "InDesign: Interactive Documents".

The course was released at the end of 2016.

Do you think it is still valid compared with the feature of indesign 2024 ?

Does Adobe have a trainee course to produce Interactive Documents with indesign ?

My expertise is on print, but I've a good practice with PDF form and XML.

 

Thx

 

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    Correct answer Derek Cross

    Interactive PDF is really limited to links to internal and external sites.
    The other option to consider is InDesign's Publish Online, which is based on HTML5 and which can include animations and multimedia, but users have to be online to access them, they are not responsive and you can't (easily) monetise them. Such documents can be viewed on a computer, ax tablet or a smart phone.
    Reflowable epub is only suitable for simple text-based documents.

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    MAURICE5EDC
    Inspiring
    April 22, 2024

    Hi Milkos,

     

    I've found that those courses from 2015-16 that teach InDesign interactivity are still perfectly useful with ID 2024--the features haven't changed that much. You can definitely use teach yourself those techniques test them out using Publish Online.

     

    Maurice

    BobLevine
    Community Expert
    BobLevineCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 21, 2024

    @Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com has asked valid questions but I'll be more direct...

     

    What exactly are you trying to create here? 

    milkos59738379
    milkos59738379Author
    Participating Frequently
    January 21, 2024

    I just want to expertize myself with interactive and epub functionality of Indesign.
    😉

    Derek Cross
    Community Expert
    Derek CrossCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    January 21, 2024

    Interactive PDF is really limited to links to internal and external sites.
    The other option to consider is InDesign's Publish Online, which is based on HTML5 and which can include animations and multimedia, but users have to be online to access them, they are not responsive and you can't (easily) monetise them. Such documents can be viewed on a computer, ax tablet or a smart phone.
    Reflowable epub is only suitable for simple text-based documents.

      Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
      Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
      Legend
      January 21, 2024

      If you're making an interactive PDF that's accessible, then yes, quite a lot has been added or refined for accessible PDFs from InDesign layouts.

       

      If you're making a clickable PDF with hyperlinks, buttons, form fields, and other interactive elements, quite a bit has been refined since 2016.

       

      If you're making an interactive EPUB, it's required by the EPUB standard to be accessible and quite a few things have changed since 2016 to do that.

       

      But if you're just exporting to XML from InDesign layouts, I don't think anything has changed since then.

       

      Suggestion: find a better course that's more up-to-date so that you can create the types of interactive documents you need.

       

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