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I make the PDF, I want complete control...but how?

Hello everyone

I've made a PDF presentation in Acrobat 8. It will eventually be emailed to over 1000 employees at my clients company but I'm having trouble with default settings.

basically it opens up in full screen mode and the first page has links to various other pages in the PDF - like opening a book at a contents page and chosing which page you want to view first.

The trouble is, although the links work fine, I' ve noticed that If you click anywhere on the screen that is not a link, then the presentation will just jump to the next consecutive page anyway.

This is not the idea. I want viewers to only be able to navigate through the PDF by only using the links I have created. It would be confusing if you could click anywhere and see the next page as the PDF has not been made to be viewed in consecutive page order.

I know that If I go into my preferences it's possible to turn of the capability to just click through the document...but that's just on the computer I'm using.

How can I turn off this feature within the document itself so that it will overide people's individual settings when it arrives on their computer?

Thanks for your time

Jez

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natobasso's picture
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This link might help you:
http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/build_an_acrobat_pdf_slideshow.html

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designbyjez's picture
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That is a good link, thanks for that. I can see it being another useful page to bookmark but it didn't really answer my question.

From talking to other people on other forums (not as good as this one) I'm getting the feeling that Javascript is involved...

sorry to sound like a lazy git, but if anyone has the exact script that will fix this problem - please let me know so i can just copy and paste it into the documents javascript editor.

Thanks!

designbyjez

natobasso's picture
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You are a lazy git. :)

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designbyjez's picture
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sorry, did i say lazy?? I meant to say busy, very busy

designbyjez

JimD's picture
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Javascript IS involved, and here is the solution:

  1. Go to: Advanced>Document Processing>Document Java Scripts
  2. Type a name for your script in the Script Name field
  3. Click Add, which will open the Javascript editor
  4. Delete the default text that appears in the editor window
  5. Type the following: app.fs.clickAdvances=false;
  6. Click OK to close the editor window
  7. Click Close to close the Functions dialog box
  8. Save your PDF file
  9. Enjoy

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natobasso's picture
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Nice advanced tip here, JimD! Do you have a resource for more scripts?

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JimD's picture
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Unfortunately I do not. I just happen to come across the solution to this particular issue.

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natobasso's picture
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Can you post the link to where you found the answer?

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ireid's picture
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I'm gonna file that in my brain pan!

thanks!

"Try not, Do! or do not, there is no try."
-Yoda

designbyjez's picture
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cheers for your help people, i just don't know what i would do without you sometimes... :-)

meanwhile- here are some other java script coding i managed to get from another forum (not as good as this one)

could be helpful to anyone who has to use PDF's as presentation tool. It's all new stuff to me, but shows the capabilities of Acrobat i guess- nice!

// Document Level JavaScript to configure and start full screen mode
if ( this.external == false ) {
// can only run if not within another application like a web browser
// app.fs.backgroundColor = color.ltGray; // set background color
app.fs.clickAdvances = false; // mouse click advances
app.fs.cursor = cursor.invisible; // show cursor
// app.fs.defaultTransition = "WipeDown";
app.fs.escapeExits = true; // escape exits
app.fs.loop = false; // do not loop
// app.fs.timeDelay = 5;// delay 5 seconds
// app.fs.useTimer = true;// activate automatic page turning
// app.fs.usePageTiming = true;// allow page override
app.fs.isFullScreen = true; // go to full screen view
}

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