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"Click to Activate" in Interactive PDF

Jul 3, 2012 8:03 PM

I am creating a document using InDesign and then exporting it out as an Interactive PDF file. Whenever someone cursors over a media file inside the PDF, a message pops up (like a tool tip) that says "click to activate".

 

Does anyone know how I can remove this message? I did quite a bit of searching and didn't come up with much (although I did see some recommedations for Javascript and IE).

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

828 Views   9 Replies   Latest reply: LuluDF, Nov 13, 2012 7:50 AM
 
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  • Dave Merchant
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    1. Dave Merchant,
    Jul 4, 2012 9:28 AM   in reply to Kurrykid
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    In Acrobat, right-click on the annotation and choose Properties, then change the Enable When options to "the page .. is opened" or "the page.. is visible".

     
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  • Kurrykid
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    2. Kurrykid,
    Jul 4, 2012 4:57 PM   in reply to Dave Merchant
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    Unfortunately, this doesn't solve the issue. It causes the media to lauch as soon as the page becomes visible. I want it to lauch when they click on it...I just don't want the tool tip to show.

     

    Thanks.

     
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  • LuluDF
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    3. LuluDF,
    Nov 13, 2012 5:43 AM   in reply to Kurrykid
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    Does anybody have found a fix to this problem?

    I have exactly the same problem: I would like for the tooltip to disappear, but still to have to click on the object to have it start.

     

    Any help appareciated!

     
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  • Phillip Jones
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    4. Phillip Jones,
    Nov 13, 2012 6:08 AM   in reply to Kurrykid
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    I am going to give a dumb suggestion so don't laugh.

    I assume like in fields for a Form ther ise two boxes when you fist click on Properties

    ones for title. ones for tooltip. If you don't fill out the one for tooltip there is no tool tip.

     

    Have you clicked on the movie within Acrobat and looked for Properties. On a Mac click once to select the you hold down Control key or (right-click and wat fot context menu to come up then you choose properties.  For PC may be completely different.

     

    Also, In adobe preferences there may be a setting to turn tooltips off.

     
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  • LuluDF
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    5. LuluDF,
    Nov 13, 2012 7:06 AM   in reply to Phillip Jones
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    Not dumb, but I can't see how to do that.

    When I Ctrl-click on my object - which is a swf file - I do not have any option regarding tooltips.

    The only place where you can remove those tooltips is in your preferences, which are personal and only applied to your own program.

    It doesn't mean that everybody else also disabled their tooltips - and therefore isn't good enough for making those tooltips disappear for everybody.

     

    Thanks a lot for you idea though! Keep them coming!

     
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  • Phillip Jones
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    6. Phillip Jones,
    Nov 13, 2012 7:19 AM   in reply to LuluDF
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    Then it works differently on PC. So it was worth a shot anyway.

     
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  • LuluDF
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    7. LuluDF,
    Nov 13, 2012 7:24 AM   in reply to Phillip Jones
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    No, I'm on MAC, there just isn't any tooltip property on a swf file in a PDF.

     

    This "click to activate" tooltip is driving me crazy. I just want to remove it.

     
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  • Dave Merchant
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    8. Dave Merchant,
    Nov 13, 2012 7:45 AM   in reply to LuluDF
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    You can't. The "click to activate" tooltip (and for that matter ALL tooltips in Acrobat and Adobe Reader) are fixed. You can't change what they say, nor can you turn them off.

     
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    9. LuluDF,
    Nov 13, 2012 7:50 AM   in reply to Dave Merchant
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    Thank you.

    I guess I can stop looking all over the web for a solution to this problem then!

     
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