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Rollover Buttons Not Working in PDF

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Jan 21, 2020 Jan 21, 2020

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Hello,

I'm working with buttons in InDesign. Using Buttons and Forms, I've created a button which on the rollover state, shows a box. When you roll off of the button, the box disappears. In the Interactivity Preview box, the button functions properly. When I export the interactive PDF, nothing happens when I roll over the button in Acrobat. I have the newest versions of all apps. Any suggestions as to why this is not working? If I change the function of the button to open the box on the click, it works fine. Just the rollover function is giving me a problem. Could it be a pdf setting? Thank you.

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Community Expert , Jan 21, 2020 Jan 21, 2020

The only preview in InDesign is for EPUB, not PDF. That said, rollover effects are wonky at best and will not work on mobile devices or many third party PDF readers. 

 

That said, how exactly did you set up the rollover.

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Feb 28, 2022 Feb 28, 2022

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nor will it work on many third party PDF readers.

It will work with any PDF Reader that support AcroForms specifications.

 

It's also been known to be quite wonky even in Acrobat.

This is not true.

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Feb 28, 2022 Feb 28, 2022

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JR, you need to read through the many threads here on people that have tried to use buttons. One may work, it may not, but a lot of them in a project doomed to failure, if the creator of these files cannot control the environment that the PDF is to viewed in.

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Mar 01, 2022 Mar 01, 2022

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So we agree that it has nothing to do with the buttons or the PDF format.

 

It's the same for PSD, DOCX, etc., many software can open them but few respect all the specifications of the format and none of them offer the same functions as Photoshop or Word.

 

The PDF format is a victim of its universality but it can easily be prevented from opening with low-end software that does not support JavaScript and AcroForms. Copy-paste this URL in Google Translate if you cannot read French: https://www.abracadabrapdf.net/ressources-et-tutos/js-et-formulaires-ressources/forcer-utilisation-p...

 

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Mar 01, 2022 Mar 01, 2022

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I made the same point in my old blog post on Interactive PDF. It is truly a victim of its own success.

I'll check out your post. Thanks.

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Feb 28, 2022 Feb 28, 2022

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The INDD attachment:

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Feb 28, 2022 Feb 28, 2022

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really greate solutions and community. thank you all for the discussion.

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