18. Interactive & Multimedia
At the risk of sounding like an old codger, I can remember when a page-layout program only laid out print files. The idea of creating “push buttons” that sent you flying to other pages—or even other documents—was totally unfathomable. After all, how was someone supposed to press on a weather summary on the front page of a newspaper to jump to the full weather map on the last page?
So it is with some amazement that I write this chapter. Page layout no longer refers to just printed pages. InDesign has a wealth of features that let you create interactive elements for electronic documents.
However, rather than limiting a chapter on interactive and multimedia document to a printed book, I’ve decided to make this ...
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