Chapter 7. Adding Interactivity and Rich Media to PDF Documents

Adding Interactivity and Rich Media to PDF Documents

Until a few years ago, Adobe Acrobat was the only tool that allowed you to add rich media to a PDF file. Today, you still need Acrobat to program the document for advanced functionality, but for adding video and simple buttons to launch audio and video playback, Adobe has added rich-media features to Adobe InDesign, which makes multimedia PDF creation so much easier.

Adding Interactivity and Rich Media to PDF Documents

If you are familiar with QuarkXPress, you might find InDesign a little overwhelming at first. It’s not a clone of QuarkXPress; ...

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