Adobe Community: How can i modify an interactive button to be visible in the pdf, but not to be visible when printed?

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1. Peter Spier,

Feb 22, 2013 4:44 AM in reply to nili5

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Change it's properties to Non-Printable. There's a section in the Buttons and Forms panel in CS6 called PDF Options with a checkbox that seems to be for that, or you can do it in Acrobat Pro.

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2. nili5,

Feb 22, 2013 5:15 AM in reply to Peter Spier

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InDesign says no on your solution unfortenately. Whatever I try, the button is still there when printed.

Can you tell me more about your solution fixing this issue in Acrobat Pro?

thnx

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3. Peter Spier,

Feb 22, 2013 5:21 AM in reply to nili5

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What version of Acrobat are you using? I't been a while since I did any form work...

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4. Bob Levine,

Feb 22, 2013 5:23 AM in reply to nili5

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What does "InDesign says no" mean? How is the customer printing this PDF? Anything other than Reader/Acrobat Pro is a crapshoot.

Bob

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5. nili5,

Feb 22, 2013 5:41 AM in reply to Bob Levine

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Hi Bob and Peter. I'm testing it myself with Acrobat Pro 10.1.3

Normally i export my documents using the pdf print export option. Interactivity works, but the button gets printed anyway.

Just now i did use the export option for interactivity....and indeed, the button isn't on the print anymore. But > the button doesn't work anymore.

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6. Steve Werner,

Feb 22, 2013 5:47 AM in reply to nili5

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Check or fix the buttons in Acrobat X: Open the PDF. Choose Tools > Forms > Edit. Double-click the button that's not working. On the General tab of the [button type] Properties dialog, in the Common Properties > Form Field menu, choose Visible But Doesn't Print.

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7. nili5,

Feb 22, 2013 6:36 AM in reply to Steve Werner

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Thnx Steve, that works great. Visible in the pdf, not on the print. But no interactivity! And > i would really like to have it working without having to use Acrobat.

Exporting with the interactive export modus seems to annihilate all interactivity i put in the document...so is there something i didn't manage the right way in InDesign?

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