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sarahh97840548
sarahh97840548
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January 8, 2019
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Hyperlink in a pop-up

  • January 8, 2019
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I need some help 🙂

I am creating an interactive PDF in InDesign. I have buttons that when clicked a pop-up appears (pop-up is a text box). In some of these pop-ups I need to add a hyperlink so the user can click and be taken to a web page.

I can set the text as a hyperlink fine but when you click on it nothing happens in Acrobat.....

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!

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Correct answer Laubender

Hi Sarah,

MSOs ( multi state objects ) will not work at all with PDFs.

You'll only see the active state of an MSO in an exported interactive PDF.

Regards,
Uwe

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Jeffrey_Smith
Braniac
January 9, 2019

One thing that you can't do is have a nested hyperlink or button within another interactive element.

But here is what you can do:

- The trigger button would have Show/Hide actions

- Then make 2 separate interactive elements, one for the text, one for the hyperlink

- The trigger button will activate and show both text and link elements in tandem

If you need, I can share a sample file

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    Malcolm Steward
    New Participant
    April 24, 2019

    Thank you Jeffrey, your answer really helped me out.

    Eric Dumas
    Eric Dumas
    Braniac
    January 8, 2019

    Hi,

    Can you confirm the version of the Operating system and InDesign you are using?

    A screenshot might help us understand better your issue.

    Thanks

    sarahh97840548
    sarahh97840548Author
    New Participant
    January 8, 2019

    Hi, I'm using Adobe InDesign CC 2019 and MacOS High Sierra.

    One of my colleagues is trying to get this result using object states, hoping this will work!

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    LaubenderCorrect answer
    Braniac
    January 9, 2019

    Hi Sarah,

    MSOs ( multi state objects ) will not work at all with PDFs.

    You'll only see the active state of an MSO in an exported interactive PDF.

    Regards,
    Uwe

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