Hi there!
In this video we’re going to learn to create an interactive PDF in InDesign, so let’s
get started.
I have this document with just one page with some text that does not make sense, so I’m
going to go to my A master.
Now here I’m going to insert two icons, one for the email address link, and the other
a web link, so let’s go to file, and then place, and locate the images that I’ve made
on Illustrator, and hit open.
Now this is something you’ve learnt in the gridify lesson earlier.
I’m placing two icons, so when I click and drag, all I need to do is, hit the right arrow
key once, and both my images will be placed here.
Now let’s right-click and go to fitting, and select ‘fit content to frame’, and
our icons are going to be placed perfectly.
Let’s click the mail icon first to select it, and then go to type, and then hyperlinks
& cross-references, and select ‘new hyperlink’, which will open this popup.
Let’s change the ‘link to’ option to email.
In the address mention the email address, so I’m going to just type in gmail.com,
and hit okay.
You’ll find this icon enveloped with dashed lines now, which means a hyperlink has been
set.
Now let’s click the chrome icon to select it, and go to type, and then hyperlinks & cross-references,
and select ‘new hyperlink.’
From the popup menu, change the ‘link to’ option to URL.
Add the destination address google.com, and hit okay, and now this one is also surrounded
by dashed lines now.
Since we’ve set this to our A master, even if you go to the document page, you should
be able to see it.
Hit ‘W’, and this is how it’s going to look.
Ideally I should reduce the size of the icons further down, but I’m not going to bother.
To test it, let’s go to window, and then interactive, and select ‘hyperlinks’,
and a popup menu will open.
For the email we’ve set, click the mail icon on the extreme right, and you shall find
it opening the default mail client.
Let’s now test the URL, by clicking the green button on the extreme right, and it
shall open the webpage.
Let’s now export it to an interactive pdf format.
So let’s go to file, and then export.
Let’s change the format to ‘Adobe PDF interactive’, and rename it ‘test’,
and hit save.
In the export option, we don’t have to do anything, so just hit export.
The document might warn you about the overset text, so just hit okay, and you shall find
it processing the PDF, and once done it shall open the PDF.
Click the email link, and it shall open the email client, much like we tested.
Click the chrome tab, and it shall give you this warning stating that the document is
trying to connect to google.com, so let’s just hit ‘Allow’, and it shall open google.com,
much like we’ve set, so congratulations guys!
You’ve just learnt how to create an interactive PDF in InDesign.
Alright guys!
That brings us to the close of this session, and I’m going to see you in the next one,
in just a bit.
Good bye!