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• • February 26, 2017 at 4:44 pm #92413
    Ali Benis

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    Hi all – I’m wondering if it’s possible to create a dropdown navigation menu in an Interactive PDF (CC 2017)? I’ve scoured the web and can’t seem to find any info on it. Any input is appreciated!

    Thanks!

  • February 27, 2017 at 7:09 am #92422
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    It is not easy to do, but it is technically possibly. You have to use hide/show buttons.
    https://creativepro.com/showing-and-hiding-objects-in-interactive-pdf.php
    https://creativepro.com/creating-a-two-function-button-for-interactive-pdf-or-swf.php
    https://creativepro.com/pdf-button-tips-tricks-and-problem-solving.php

  • February 27, 2017 at 12:18 pm #92450
    Ali Benis

    Member

    Thanks so much for that, David! Two quick follow-up questions:

    1) Will lots of instances of the hide/show buttons (like 20+ in a 40 page report) create usability problems or increase the file size drastically?

    2) Also, I created numerous navigation buttons for a 130+ page PDF report last year, but when a user opened the interactive PDF a purple bar would appear with what looked an error message about filling out a form. I read online that there’s a limit of 100 buttons before the forms message appears. Wonder if you have any insight to this oddity as well.

    Thanks again!

  • February 27, 2017 at 4:08 pm #92462
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    I don’t think the extra buttons should add a huge amount of overhead to the PDF.
    The purple bar problem is extremely annoying. I haven’t seen it recently, though, so it might be dependent on which version of Acrobat you’re using.

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