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Indesign - Interactive PDF - clicking options?

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November 23, 2016
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Hey everyone,

I have designed a document with 9 icons on the page.

is there anyway I can make the pdf interactive and allow the user to select which icons they prefer and grey out the others?

then print accordingly?

thanks in advance

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Alma Strutt

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Hi Justsammiles

If you're open to suggestions, sometimes I think it's easier to rethink what you're hoping to achieve. A simpler option is to have the icons already appearing slightly greyed out/or a different colour by changing the opacity or colour of the object. Then as they are selected they will appear in full strength or in colour to show the user they have selected their preferred icon. See below for visual.

To do this

Select 'Buttons and Forms' panel from the 'Interactive' menu in the 'Windows' menu

With your object selected, click the icon to the bottom right of the panel to create a button.

in the 'Appearance' area of the panel 'Normal' is highlighted. This is how your button will appear on your pdf. If you change it's appearance at this stage that is how it will appear. Change the opacity of the object so it is ghosted back or changed in colour to grey. (I've chosen to change the opacity to 50%).

In the 'Click' option you can change it to how you would like to look once the user has selected it. (I've made it's opacity 100%).

Do this for each of your buttons. Now only the selected icons will appear full strength.

Hope this is a simpler alternative for you.

lukew14121983

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Hi Alma,

I've been using your example to try and achieve something similar to Justsammiles but there's one last thing that I can't seem to solve on my own.

I need it so the button remains in either an opaque or transparent state just by clicking. In your example it does this but reverts back to it's transparent state once the mouse button has been released. I also need the button to potentially be flipped back and fourth between these 2 states indefinitely so the user can change their mind (I hope that's clear?!)

Are you, or anyone, able to help with this or at least suggest another way I could achieve this?

Thanks,

Luke

BobLevine

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This is an old post. Please start a new discussion with full details on what you're trying to accomplish along with your version of ID, operating system and how you plan on viewing these PDFs.

justsammilesAuthor

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Thanks for your help

but I'm still really confused!

Geоrge

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Add interactive buttons in InDesign

Read -

Create multi-state objects

Remember, never say you can't do something in InDesign, it's always just a question of finding the right workaround to get the job done. © David Blatner

BobLevine

Community Expert

They don't work in PDF.

justsammilesAuthor

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Thanks Bob,

So even as an interactive PDF your saying it doesn't work?

Do you know a work around?

Create multi-state objects

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