Presentation on adding interactivity to the PDF file format,

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cate brosseau indiano
desktopmedia
marketing technologies consulting and training
certified technical trainer, adobe certified instructor
author, InDesign@Work, wbe, member astd
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creating interactive documents
3:15-4:45 p.m

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InDesign/Acrobat
Planning navigation
• is this a document? (smr)
presentation? (will you distribute)
marketing piece? (downloaded)

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Interactive Considerations
• method of delivery
• size/connection
• assets
• type of vehicle features associated
• for example
smr: hyperlinks, embed codes
presentation/marketing pieces: navigation
elements, animations
multi-pages: table of contents, index

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Add interactivity to your InDesign layout
• media
• buttons, actions, tooltips
• hyperlinks/anchors
(create character style, consider destinations,
nest in TOC)
• bookmarks
• object states (swf only)
• animations (swf only)
• page transitions (page curl, swf only)
• testing with preview

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Test interactive elements in Acrobat
• properties
• test navigate/play video
• preflight (analyze/fix)
• create links from url’s
• security

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Add additional navigation and
functionality in Acrobat
• bookmarks, flash, sound, video
• javascript

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Let’s look at some
comprehensive examples

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The Future:
Digital Publishing for the iPad
(and other handhelds)
Books
Digital Editions and the ePub Standard
Magazines
Adobe Digital Publishing Suite
The WoodWing iPad Solution

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resources:
Examples of Interactive PDFs
http://www.pdfpictures.com/ebrochures.html
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/max-2010-design/delivery-of-interactive-pdf-or-interactive-swf
Digital Publishing for the iPad
http://blogs.adobe.com/indesigndocs/2010/11/digital-publishing-for-the-ipad.html
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/digitalpublishing/
http://woodwing.com/
Create Interactive Documents
using Adobe Indesign CS5, ISBN-10: 0321733924
Sample JavaScript
var cRtn = app.popUpMenu(“Bookmarks”, “Hyperlinks”, “States”, “Audio/Video”);
if(cRtn != null){
switch(cRtn) {
case “Bookmarks”:
this.bookmarkRoot.children[0].execute();
break;
case “Hyperlinks”:
this.bookmarkRoot.children[1].execute();
break;
case “States”:
this.bookmarkRoot.children[1].execute();
break;
case “Audio/Video”:
this.bookmarkRoot.children[1].execute();
break;
}
}