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Few questions about InDesign 1
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...creating interactive pdf's is possible in both acrobat pro and indesign, depending on the complexity of your pdf you should be fine creating your interactive document in indesign...
...depending on your export options to pdf from indesign your images will likely end up in jpeg format in default. I can't see a problem using PSD's, tiff's or jpeg's. Keep in RGB color images if your final document is to end up as an on screen presentation...
InDesign provides a variety of interactive features that make it easy to create multimedia eBooks, forms, and other PDF documents. These interactive features can also enhance the multimedia experience in GoLive when you use the Package for GoLive feature.
Hyperlinks let you jump to another location in the exported PDF document, or in other documents exported from InDesign.
You can add bookmarks that appear in the Bookmarks tab in Acrobat, making navigation easier.
You can add movie and sound clips that can be played in the PDF document.
You can add buttons that perform an action such as jumping to a page, opening a file, or playing a movie.
When you export the InDesign document to Portable Document Format (PDF), you can determine whether the document is saved in PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4), PDF 1.4 (Acrobat 5), PDF 1.5 (Acrobat 6), or PDF 1.6 (Acrobat 7).
The PDF version determines which interactive options are available. Before you export, note the following limitations:
If you export to PDF 1.3/1.4
Non-RGB movie or sound posters aren’t visible in the exported PDF document.
SWF and MPEG movies aren’t playable in the exported PDF document.
Clipping paths applied to movie or sound posters don’t appear in the exported PDF document. Posters are resized to match the movie page item.
Movies cannot be embedded.
Sounds cannot be linked.
If you export to PDF 1.5 or 1.6
QuickTime is specified as the preferred player when exporting to PDF. To change the preferred player, you must edit the rendition in Acrobat 6 or Acrobat 7.
If you export to any PDF version
Non-rectangular media frames don’t appear in the exported PDF document.
Hyperlinks applied to movies, sounds, or buttons are not active in the exported PDF document.
Rotated or sheared movies and posters don’t appear in the exported PDF document.
Any masking applied to movie frames or posters is not supported.
...you can create hyperlinks so that when you export to Adobe PDF, a viewer can click a link to jump to other locations in the same PDF document, to other PDF documents, or to websites...
...Choose Window > Interactive > Hyperlinks to display the Hyperlinks palette...
...bookmarks you create in the InDesign document appear in the Bookmarks tab on the left side of the Acrobat or Adobe Reader window. Each bookmark can jump to a page, text, or graphic in your document...
...Choose Window > Interactive > Bookmarks, to display the Bookmarks palette...
...you can add movies and sound clips to a document, or you can link to streaming video files on the Internet. Although media clips cannot be played directly in the InDesign layout, they can be played when you export the document to Adobe PDF, when you export the document to XML and repurpose the tags, or when you package for GoLive.
QuickTime 6.0 or later is required to work with movies in InDesign. You can add QuickTime, AVI, MPEG, and SWF movies, and you can add WAV, AIF, and AU sound clips...
...for other users to view media in a PDF document, they must have Acrobat 6.x or later to play MPEG and SWF movies, or Acrobat 5.0 or later to play QuickTime and AVI movies...
...when you create a button using the Button tool, you can drag the button area, or you can click to specify the height and width in a dialog box...
...use the Selection tool to select the image, shape, or text frame that you want to convert to a button. You cannot convert a movie, sound, or poster to a button. Choose Object > Interactive > Convert to Button...
Andrew
...depending on your export options to pdf from indesign your images will likely end up in jpeg format in default. I can't see a problem using PSD's, tiff's or jpeg's. Keep in RGB color images if your final document is to end up as an on screen presentation...
InDesign provides a variety of interactive features that make it easy to create multimedia eBooks, forms, and other PDF documents. These interactive features can also enhance the multimedia experience in GoLive when you use the Package for GoLive feature.
Hyperlinks let you jump to another location in the exported PDF document, or in other documents exported from InDesign.
You can add bookmarks that appear in the Bookmarks tab in Acrobat, making navigation easier.
You can add movie and sound clips that can be played in the PDF document.
You can add buttons that perform an action such as jumping to a page, opening a file, or playing a movie.
When you export the InDesign document to Portable Document Format (PDF), you can determine whether the document is saved in PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4), PDF 1.4 (Acrobat 5), PDF 1.5 (Acrobat 6), or PDF 1.6 (Acrobat 7).
The PDF version determines which interactive options are available. Before you export, note the following limitations:
If you export to PDF 1.3/1.4
Non-RGB movie or sound posters aren’t visible in the exported PDF document.
SWF and MPEG movies aren’t playable in the exported PDF document.
Clipping paths applied to movie or sound posters don’t appear in the exported PDF document. Posters are resized to match the movie page item.
Movies cannot be embedded.
Sounds cannot be linked.
If you export to PDF 1.5 or 1.6
QuickTime is specified as the preferred player when exporting to PDF. To change the preferred player, you must edit the rendition in Acrobat 6 or Acrobat 7.
If you export to any PDF version
Non-rectangular media frames don’t appear in the exported PDF document.
Hyperlinks applied to movies, sounds, or buttons are not active in the exported PDF document.
Rotated or sheared movies and posters don’t appear in the exported PDF document.
Any masking applied to movie frames or posters is not supported.
...you can create hyperlinks so that when you export to Adobe PDF, a viewer can click a link to jump to other locations in the same PDF document, to other PDF documents, or to websites...
...Choose Window > Interactive > Hyperlinks to display the Hyperlinks palette...
...bookmarks you create in the InDesign document appear in the Bookmarks tab on the left side of the Acrobat or Adobe Reader window. Each bookmark can jump to a page, text, or graphic in your document...
...Choose Window > Interactive > Bookmarks, to display the Bookmarks palette...
...you can add movies and sound clips to a document, or you can link to streaming video files on the Internet. Although media clips cannot be played directly in the InDesign layout, they can be played when you export the document to Adobe PDF, when you export the document to XML and repurpose the tags, or when you package for GoLive.
QuickTime 6.0 or later is required to work with movies in InDesign. You can add QuickTime, AVI, MPEG, and SWF movies, and you can add WAV, AIF, and AU sound clips...
...for other users to view media in a PDF document, they must have Acrobat 6.x or later to play MPEG and SWF movies, or Acrobat 5.0 or later to play QuickTime and AVI movies...
...when you create a button using the Button tool, you can drag the button area, or you can click to specify the height and width in a dialog box...
...use the Selection tool to select the image, shape, or text frame that you want to convert to a button. You cannot convert a movie, sound, or poster to a button. Choose Object > Interactive > Convert to Button...
Andrew
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