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Adobe - InDesign CS4 tutorial : Export from InDesign to SWF - 0 views

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  • When sending InDesign documents for review, whether to clients or to coworkers, you may want to create a more compelling presentation by exporting them as a PDF file or Adobe Flash® SWF file. You can open SWF files in most web browsers and you can add custom buttons, such as next page and previous page, which allow users to interact with the document. Before exporting to a SWF file, you can add effects like page transitions such as fades or wipes, and animations such as page curls. You don't need Flash to build these presentations; you can add all these special features directly within InDesign.
  • Repeat steps 2-8 to create a Previous Page button on the master page. To associate the master page and the elements you have created with the rest of the pages in your document, choose Apply Master To Pages from the Pages panel menu. To remove master page elements from an individual page, such as the Previous Page button on the first page of a document, override the elements by pressing Cmd+Shift/Ctrl+Shift and click the element, and then press the backspace key.
  • Return to the normal state by clicking the Normal layer in the Buttons panel. Any changes you've made to the rollover state of the button aren't visible at this point. Click the plus sign in the Buttons panel to add an action. Choose Go To The Next Page from the context menu. This action turns your button into a next-page button, allowing users to navigate forward through the file when it is exported as either a SWF or PDF file.
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  • Select your button artwork and activate its normal state by clicking the Normal layer in the State Appearance area of the Buttons panel. The artwork is now a button. Click Rollover to add a rollover state to the button. If you want the appearance of the button to change during the rollover state (that is, when the user mouses over the button), you can change it now. You can add a stroke or fill, change the size or position of the graphic, or add an effect. To change the fill color of the rollover state, make sure the button is still selected and open the Swatches panel. Make sure Fill is selected in the upper left-hand corner of the panel and click a color swatch.
  • A master page can house elements that you want applied to an entire document. For example, if you want to add navigation buttons to each page of your document, it makes sense to put them on a master page. To create a master page: Choose New Master from the Pages panel menu. The icon for this menu has a downward facing arrow and some lines next to it. The icon is located in the upper right corner of the Pages panel.
  • Select the artwork for your buttons and position it on the master page. Almost anything can be a button: you can use a graphic drawn in InDesign, a placed image, or even a piece of text. Open the Buttons panel by choosing Window > Interactive > Buttons. The buttons panel will appear as a free-floating panel which can then be docked along the right side of the InDesign window.
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