Creating an Interactive PDF Magazine
1h 1mIntermediate2013-07-17
Authors
Mike Rankin
Editor in Chief of InDesign Secrets and CreativePro.com
Course details
Learn to take a magazine originally designed as a static Adobe InDesign document and convert it to an interactive PDF. Of all the ways to create a digital magazine, PDF is a great choice because it fully preserves the look of your print design and requires no coding to create. Author Mike Rankin walks you through 12 quick steps to transform a print magazine into a digital one, with hyperlinks, buttons, and bookmarks for navigating to content inside the catalog and out on the web. Plus, learn to add video, slideshows, and forms that can be submitted via email. Mike also shows you how to recognize and fix some real-world problems with interactive PDFs from InDesign.
Learning objectives
Creating a navigation system
Adding bookmarks
Building an interactive TOC
Showing and hiding content with buttons
Working with hyperlinks
Creating PDF forms
Interacting with PDFs on mobile devices
Learning objectives
Creating a navigation system
Adding bookmarks
Building an interactive TOC
Showing and hiding content with buttons
Working with hyperlinks
Creating PDF forms
Interacting with PDFs on mobile devices
Skills covered
Digital PublishingInDesignProjectGraphic DesignAdobe
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - What you should know before watching this course
- 03 - Using the exercise files
1. Adding the Interactivity
- 04 - What we're going to build
- 05 - Creating a navigation system
- 06 - Building an interactive table of contents
- 07 - Adding bookmarks
- 08 - Using buttons to show or hide content
- 09 - Placing video in a PDF
- 10 - Working with hyperlinks
- 11 - Creating a PDF form
- 12 - Using PDF form actions
- 13 - Creating an index
- 14 - Working with interactive PDFs on mobile devices
- 15 - Fixing interactive PDF problems with Adobe Acrobat
Conclusion
- 16 - Next steps