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Hi there!

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In this video we’re going to learn to create
an interactive PDF in InDesign, so let’s

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get started.

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I have this document with just one page with
some text that does not make sense, so I’m

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going to go to my A master.

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Now here I’m going to insert two icons,
one for the email address link, and the other

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a web link, so let’s go to file, and then
place, and locate the images that I’ve made

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on Illustrator, and hit open.

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Now this is something you’ve learnt in the
gridify lesson earlier.

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I’m placing two icons, so when I click and
drag, all I need to do is, hit the right arrow

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key once, and both my images will be placed
here.

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Now let’s right-click and go to fitting,
and select ‘fit content to frame’, and

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our icons are going to be placed perfectly.

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Let’s click the mail icon first to select
it, and then go to type, and then hyperlinks

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& cross-references, and select ‘new hyperlink’,
which will open this popup.

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Let’s change the ‘link to’ option to
email.

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In the address mention the email address,
so I’m going to just type in gmail.com,

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and hit okay.

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You’ll find this icon enveloped with dashed
lines now, which means a hyperlink has been

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set.

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Now let’s click the chrome icon to select
it, and go to type, and then hyperlinks & cross-references,

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and select ‘new hyperlink.’

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From the popup menu, change the ‘link to’
option to URL.

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Add the destination address google.com, and
hit okay, and now this one is also surrounded

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by dashed lines now.

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Since we’ve set this to our A master, even
if you go to the document page, you should

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be able to see it.

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Hit ‘W’, and this is how it’s going
to look.

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Ideally I should reduce the size of the icons
further down, but I’m not going to bother.

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To test it, let’s go to window, and then
interactive, and select ‘hyperlinks’,

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and a popup menu will open.

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For the email we’ve set, click the mail
icon on the extreme right, and you shall find

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it opening the default mail client.

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Let’s now test the URL, by clicking the
green button on the extreme right, and it

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shall open the webpage.

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Let’s now export it to an interactive pdf
format.

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So let’s go to file, and then export.

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Let’s change the format to ‘Adobe PDF
interactive’, and rename it ‘test’,

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and hit save.

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In the export option, we don’t have to do
anything, so just hit export.

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The document might warn you about the overset
text, so just hit okay, and you shall find

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it processing the PDF, and once done it shall
open the PDF.

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Click the email link, and it shall open the
email client, much like we tested.

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Click the chrome tab, and it shall give you
this warning stating that the document is

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trying to connect to google.com, so let’s
just hit ‘Allow’, and it shall open google.com,

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much like we’ve set, so congratulations
guys!

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You’ve just learnt how to create an interactive
PDF in InDesign.

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Alright guys!

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That brings us to the close of this session,
and I’m going to see you in the next one,

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in just a bit.

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Good bye!