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Hi there!  

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In this video we’ll be discussing interactive 
buttons in InDesign, so let’s get started.

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As you can see, the favorite character 
of many of us is on the screen,  

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and there is a button right below him that reads 
‘Click me.’ You can also find a speech cloud,  

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which is empty at the moment, so 
let’s first fill that with some text.  

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I’m going to grab the type tool, 
and type in ‘My name is Mario!’,  

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and change the font to ‘bungee’, and increase the 
font size to 30 points. Let’s place our text at  

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the center of the speech cloud, and then group 
both the elements by hitting Command G on a Mac,  

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or Ctrl G on a PC. Now with our 
grouped elements still selected,  

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let’s go to the animation panel. Here we 
can update the name of the group to ‘Mario.’  

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Click the preset, and set the 
animation to ‘fly in from top.’

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Now let’s head to the button. Click it to select 
it, and then go to the buttons and forms panel.  

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From the type dropdown, 
select ‘button’ as your type.  

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Let’s rename our button ‘clickme’, and event 
should be on click, so that when the button is  

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clicked, the speech cloud should come flying from 
the top of the screen. Now click the plus button  

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to set the action, and select animation. 
You’ll find it populating the animation  

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that we’ve already set. Now click the preview 
button at the bottom left corner of the panel.  

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Oh oh!! It is animating even without 
clicking the button, so let’s fix that.  

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Select the speech cloud, and head to the animation 
panel, and here you can see that in the event  

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option, there are two options selected: ‘On page 
load’, and ‘on button event’, so let’s uncheck  

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the ‘on page load’ option. Now let’s go back to 
check the preview, and hit play. You’ll find that  

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the speech cloud is not loading on page load. 
Now when you click the button, the speech cloud  

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should appear from above, much like we’ve set. 
So guys that’s interactive button in InDesign!

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Alright guys! That concludes our session,  

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and I’m going to see you in the 
next one, in just a bit. Good bye!