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Create interactive pdf - using buttons but pdf should not be a form

Sep 7, 2012 10:59 AM

Tags: #indesign_cs5.5 #interactive_pdf

I'm creating an interactive portfolio in Indesign CS5.5, using buttons linked to the relevant pages. When I export it to an interactive pdf, the pdf keeps opening as a form (purple banner at the top saying: 'please fill out the following form etc...). When I click 'highlight existing fields' nothing is highlighted simply because there's nothing to fill out. If I click on 'edit forms' I see all my buttons but I can't seem to change anything in the settings related to making this pdf a 'form'. Is there anyone who knows how to avoid this problem? I want the pdf to be an interactive pdf but not a form. When I use only hyperlinks the problem goes away but the buttons have a rollover effect which I want to keep.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

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1122 Views   6 Replies   Latest reply: buglegirl101, Mar 22, 2013 12:45 PM
 
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  • Larry G. Schneider
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    1. Larry G. Schneider,
    Sep 7, 2012 11:04 AM   in reply to Marjolein04
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    Unfortunately it's a user preference set in Acrobat.

     

    Screen shot 2012-09-07 at 11.02.57 AM.png

     
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  • Marjolein04
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    2. Marjolein04,
    Sep 7, 2012 11:24 AM   in reply to Larry G. Schneider
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    Thanks for your quick reply! I did see this already, but the thing is that it shouldn't be a form in the 1st place.

     

    But... I think I just found the solution, if I remove my 'previous' & 'next' button from the master and just copy them onto the pages themselves, the pdf is no longer a form. No idea why but it works. Copy-paste it is...!

     
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  • Jeffrey_Smith
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    3. Jeffrey_Smith,
    Sep 7, 2012 12:00 PM   in reply to Marjolein04
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    This is a known issue: having a certain number of interactive elements in a PDF, and Acrobat intreprets PDF as a form, displaying form bar. There are a number of workarounds, the one I use is to add security to the PDF. This will prevent form bar from appearing as well as protect (to some degree) the assets of the file.

     
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  • buglegirl101
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    4. buglegirl101,
    Mar 22, 2013 12:20 PM   in reply to Marjolein04
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    Evidentally, there is still a huge problem for a known issue, but I'm hoping some of the great guru's out there will have a simple temporary fix. 

     

    I could live with the pink/purple 'form' bar, but when I upload my interactive pdf to share on acrobat.com workspace, it says "DOWNLOAD TO FILL OUT FORM".

    I don't want anyone to have to download my file--I want to share it in the workspace.

     

    Like Marjolein04, I did not create a form and nothing in the file is 'fillable!' 

     

    I tried deleting the next/last buttons from the master, but still get the awful form bar.

     

    Any suggestions?  I don't want to invite someone to my acrobat workspace and password protect the file (the other suggestion) --which, by the way, seems to make the interactive elements not interactive.

     

    Thanks!

     

    nancy p

     
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  • Larry G. Schneider
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    5. Larry G. Schneider,
    Mar 22, 2013 12:27 PM   in reply to buglegirl101
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    Check out this thread

     

    http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1174951?tstart=30

     
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  • buglegirl101
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    6. buglegirl101,
    Mar 22, 2013 12:45 PM   in reply to Larry G. Schneider
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    Sorry, Larry,

     

    Since my problem also includes opening the file inside the acrobat workspace, I may have to create a swf movie of my document!  I am ever hopeful that Adobe will fix this problem...it is a very annoying problem!

     

    Thanks,

    nancy p

     
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