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Make image in Master Page layer not selectable after export to PDF?

New Here ,
Feb 24, 2017 Feb 24, 2017

The project is a digital article that includes hyperlinked text and hyperlinked images. On a Master Page, I've placed an image in Overlay mode above a rectangle which provides the background color to the page.

After exporting to PDF, I find that it's possible to highlight and select the image in the background layer - if you mouse around the image, at certain locations the cursor changes and clicking will highlight the image. Any way to disable that or do I have to bake in the image in Photoshop? It would only be that image that is rendered not selectable.

Thanks!

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Community Expert ,
Feb 24, 2017 Feb 24, 2017

What PDF reader are you using? What tool are you using to select the image?

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New Here ,
Feb 24, 2017 Feb 24, 2017

Hi Steve,

I'm using Adobe Reader X, ver. 10.1.16.13, and no tool selected. Open the PDF document. Using the mouse over blank areas, the cursor is the arrow icon, over text, it changes to the text entry icon. If I move the mouse over the image, in some areas, the cursor will change to a crosshair, and if I click then, the image may be selected.

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Community Expert ,
Feb 24, 2017 Feb 24, 2017

In Acrobat, you can add a background image or color to all or individual pages that should not interfere with cursor clicks.

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New Here ,
Feb 24, 2017 Feb 24, 2017
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Hi Jeffrey,

While that works, I'd like to keep all the workflow within inDesign. If I were to use another program, I'd recreate the background in Photoshop, i.e. flatten the two layers and make it a single image.

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