Interactive pdf Easter egg hunt

Question

Trying to create a virtual Easter egg hunt for quarantined family. Years of experience on Illustrator. New to InDesign.

- Want hidden eggs (and non eggs) to pop up when mouse hovers.

- Creating images as pdfs.

- Do not want hyperlink which jumps to another page.

- Learning was easier 40 years ago.

Thanks

MarkManifold · Accepted Answer

Sure. Give me a bit.Process was trial and error, and I needto figure out what I did.

- Create multi layer file in InDesign

- Turn of visibility to all layers except base layer

- EXPORT as interactive pdf - be sure to click on save layers box

- Open file in Acrobat

- EDIT pdf - find LINK tool

- open the Layers dialog box - pancake on left

- click on box next to the first layer you want to activate

- click "LINK / ADD/EDIT web or doc"

-crosshair tool should appear. Create shade box over item, (You will have a chance later to adjust box. Don't worry if not perfect.)

- When you release mouse, dialog box will appear

- "INVISIBLE RECTANGLE" / "NONE" / "NEXT"

- You now have opportunity to adjust your rectangle

- "SET LINK"

-Turn off layer

- You will see black outline of rectangle, but it will go away when fie is saved and opened in Reader.

- When you play the game, only one item will be revealed at a time.

- There may certainly be a better way to do this, but this worked for me. Let me know if any instructions need clarification. Have fun.

Luke Jennings3 · Answer

You can create InDesign (or Illustrator) layers in your PDF and use buttons to show or hide the layers.

Here is a DropBox link to a sample interactive PDF showing how it works, there are basic instructions on page 2.

Come back here if you get stuck, or have a look in the Acrobat forum.

Note, the viewer will need to use Acrobat or Reader to take advantage of the interactivity.

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