Reply To: Examples of good interactive PDFs?

No, InDesign is not restrictive when it comes to design; that’s why it’s the leading layout tool in the world!
PDF does have significant limitations on what it can do, but what you’re describing doesn’t seem to match those limitations.
If hyperlinks are underlined, they probably need to edit whatever character style is applied to that text (probably “Hyperlink”). Changing other colors shouldn’t be an issue.
When you say “menu,” you’re not talking about animated menus that drop down, are you? PDF normally can’t do those.
You can post photos on dropbox or Imgur or elsewhere and post links here if you want.