InDesign Insider Training: Interactive PDFs (2013) [repost]

While PDFs can be used for printing, they also have interactive features that make them great for forms, brochures, and prototypes. In this course, InDesign insider David Blatner tells you what interactive PDFs are, why they're so useful, and how to make them yourself with Adobe InDesign and Acrobat. Learn to make hyperlinks to websites, other pages in your document, and email; add buttons that navigate, show, and hide content; create a form with check boxes and text entry fields; and embed audio and video. Plus, discover how to add polish with calculations, page transitions, and more.

Introduction 6m 55s
Welcome 43s
What is an interactive PDF? 1m 29s
The curious history of the interactive PDF 2m 26s
Exercise files 1m 29s
What you should know before starting this course 48s

1. Interactive PDF Essentials 29m 48s
Choosing a workspace 3m 14s
Creating a new interactive document 6m 44s
Previewing interactive PDFs 5m 55s
Exporting interactive PDFs from InDesign 9m 33s
Desktop versus mobile readers 4m 22s

2. Links and Bookmarks 29m 20s
Links to URLs and mail addresses 12m 4s
Page and anchor links 6m 22s
Setting and editing hyperlink destinations 4m 3s
Creating bookmarks 6m 51s

3. Buttons 18m 28s
Understanding buttons 8m 33s
Navigation buttons 5m 43s
Setting rollover states 4m 12s

4. Interactive Forms 25m 54s
Understanding PDF forms 1m 44s
Adding text and list fields 7m 9s
Check boxes and radio buttons 8m 24s
Print, submit, and signature buttons 8m 37s

5. Multimedia 16m 3s
Audio and video in PDF 8m 33s
Sound and video buttons 4m 17s
Linking to video on a web server 3m 13s

6. Advanced Techniques 16m 58s
Adding finishing touches in Acrobat 2m 58s
Adding calculations to your PDF files 4m 39s
Swapping out pages to avoid redoing extra work 2m 53s
Adding page transitions 3m 40s
Duplicating buttons for smaller file size 2m 48s

Conclusion 1m 4s
Final thoughts and next steps 1m 4s