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Interactive pdf to disable scrolling and use my created navigation arrows

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February 25, 2017
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Hi all,

I am trying to help a client to do an interactive pdf which navigate page by the created button. But I realised it works on the button and also the normal scrolling in the adobe pdf reader.

Can the interactive pdf created by Indesign disabled the scrolling and use only created navigation previous and next button to change the pages?

I also realised only adobe pdf reader works, some pdf reader doesn't work.

does it works on other known pdf reader?

interactive pdf from indesign

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Correct answer BobLevine

This cannot be done in InDesign

JR Boulay

Community Expert

In fact it has always been possible, with Acrobat Pro as with InDesign, you just need to use a little trick.

See my (best) answer in this topic:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/restrict-navigation-to-buttons-only-with-links-to-bookmarked-pages-within-the-pdf/td-p/12633484

😉

(My above "manufacturing secret" uses another method)

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Brett McC

Participating Frequently

Did you find a way to navigate a pdf using only buttons (with links to bookmarked pages)? Was Adobe Pro able to provide a solution?

We are trying to do the same and the in5 plug-in for InDesign works to restrict navigation to buttons only. However, the document is then web published with no DRM protection...so that doesn't meet our needs either.

Derek Cross

Community Expert

Brett22500045uyfc – It might be best if you start a new thread and enunciate your "needs".

JR Boulay

Community Expert

My first answer is for Derek_Cross : "you still can't use these effects", not to the question asked three years ago.

And my second answer is very clear, I don't understand what is bothering you.

(I am not responsible for the bad indentation of the answers in this forum 😉 )

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BobLevine

Community Expert

If you're going to lead someone to believe that something's possible you should be prepared to provide, at the very least, an explanation of how you did it.

Telling someone it involves heavy scripting in Acrobat isn't going to enable them to do it.

JR Boulay

Community Expert

No, I don't share my manufacturing secrets, I sell them.

Contact me privately.

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BobLevine

Community Expert

Then perhaps you should have been more upfront about it?

JR Boulay

Community Expert

This has always been possible with Acrobat Pro and this can be used with Acrobat Reader since version XI (11).

But it's an "expert" manufacturing secret. 😉

See this nice PDF I made* for Brother (must be downloaded and used with Acrobat Reader, not with Preview, not with a web browser and not with any low-end PDF reader):

* A designer made the document with InDesign and then I added my touch of magic

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Anonymous

JR_Boulay

The PDF is good - restricting the user to navigate as per the buttons.

Is it possible to share how to achieve this?

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mohammad5CA8

New Participant

https://answers.acrobatusers.com/How-to-disable-navigation-q119153.aspx

Check the link above, it will help sort it out.

jane-e

Community Expert

You might ask the Acrobat Scripting forum if you can disable scrolling.

However: There are many, many other ways you can also navigate such as Page Up/Page Down, arrow keys, menus, toolbars. Plus there is a setting in Preferences that people can set for their own computers that you cannot control that will let them navigate with a Navigation bar.

Also: Acrobat and Acrobat Reader are not the only PDF viewers. You cannot control how people view your PDF.

You also cannot force the viewer to use full screen mode.

Acrobat has it built in that you cannot control the users experience. This is done intentionally. Otherwise bad things could happen.