Hi there!
In this video we’ll be discussing interactive buttons in InDesign, so let’s get started.
As you can see, the favorite character of many of us is on the screen,
and there is a button right below him that reads ‘Click me.’ You can also find a speech cloud,
which is empty at the moment, so let’s first fill that with some text.
I’m going to grab the type tool, and type in ‘My name is Mario!’,
and change the font to ‘bungee’, and increase the font size to 30 points. Let’s place our text at
the center of the speech cloud, and then group both the elements by hitting Command G on a Mac,
or Ctrl G on a PC. Now with our grouped elements still selected,
let’s go to the animation panel. Here we can update the name of the group to ‘Mario.’
Click the preset, and set the animation to ‘fly in from top.’
Now let’s head to the button. Click it to select it, and then go to the buttons and forms panel.
From the type dropdown, select ‘button’ as your type.
Let’s rename our button ‘clickme’, and event should be on click, so that when the button is
clicked, the speech cloud should come flying from the top of the screen. Now click the plus button
to set the action, and select animation. You’ll find it populating the animation
that we’ve already set. Now click the preview button at the bottom left corner of the panel.
Oh oh!! It is animating even without clicking the button, so let’s fix that.
Select the speech cloud, and head to the animation panel, and here you can see that in the event
option, there are two options selected: ‘On page load’, and ‘on button event’, so let’s uncheck
the ‘on page load’ option. Now let’s go back to check the preview, and hit play. You’ll find that
the speech cloud is not loading on page load. Now when you click the button, the speech cloud
should appear from above, much like we’ve set. So guys that’s interactive button in InDesign!
Alright guys! That concludes our session,
and I’m going to see you in the next one, in just a bit. Good bye!