6 Replies Latest reply on Mar 22, 2013 12:45 PM by buglegirl101

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

Marjolein04 Sep 7, 2012 10:59 AM

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!

1. Re: Create interactive pdf - using buttons but pdf should not be a form

Larry G. Schneider Sep 7, 2012 11:04 AM (in response to Marjolein04)

Unfortunately it's a user preference set in Acrobat.

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2. Re: Create interactive pdf - using buttons but pdf should not be a form

Marjolein04 Sep 7, 2012 11:24 AM (in response to Larry G. Schneider)

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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3. Re: Create interactive pdf - using buttons but pdf should not be a form

Jeffrey_Smith Sep 7, 2012 12:00 PM (in response to Marjolein04)

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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4. Re: Create interactive pdf - using buttons but pdf should not be a form

buglegirl101 Mar 22, 2013 12:20 PM (in response to Marjolein04)

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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5. Re: Create interactive pdf - using buttons but pdf should not be a form

Larry G. Schneider Mar 22, 2013 12:27 PM (in response to buglegirl101)

Check out this thread

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1174951?tstart=30
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6. Re: Create interactive pdf - using buttons but pdf should not be a form

buglegirl101 Mar 22, 2013 12:45 PM (in response to Larry G. Schneider)

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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