InDesign: Interactive PDFs

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Free Online Course: InDesign: Interactive PDFs provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. InDesign: Interactive PDFs is taught by David Blatner.

Overview
  • Learn how to make interactive PDFs with Adobe InDesign. Find out how to build interactive forms, media-rich presentations, animated ebooks, and more.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • What is an interactive PDF?
    • Limitations of interactive PDFs
    • Exercise files
    • What you should know before starting this course
    1. Interactive PDF Essentials
    • Creating your workspace
    • Building a new interactive document
    • Previewing interactive PDFs
    • Exporting basic interactive PDFs
    • Exporting rich interactive PDFs
    2. Hyperlinks, Bookmarks, and Buttons
    • Hyperlink fundamentals
    • Page and anchor hyperlinks
    • Setting and editing hyperlink destinations
    • Creating bookmarks automatically
    • Manually creating and editing bookmarks
    • Understanding buttons
    • Setting button rollover states
    3. Interactive Forms
    • Adding text and list fields
    • Checkboxes and radio buttons
    • Print, submit, and signature buttons
    4. Multimedia
    • Audio and video in PDF
    • Sound and video buttons
    • Linking to video on a web server
    5. Advanced Techniques
    • Hiding and showing content with buttons
    • Adding finishing touches in Acrobat
    • JavaScript for turning off highlighting
    • Swapping out pages to avoid extra work
    • Full-screen page transitions
    • Duplicate buttons for smaller file size
    • Working with animations and Flash
    Conclusion
    • Next steps