Drawing A Simple Button - Adobe ACROBAT 9 HOW-TOS Manual

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Everybody knows what buttons are—digital ones, not the kind sewn
on your shirt. Acrobat offers four different button behaviors. The Push
behavior lets you configure different states and appearances (see #117,
"Configuring a Push Button, " to learn about Push buttons).
Follow these steps to configure the button:
1. Select the Button tool
placement guides to add the button shape to the page (Figure 115a).
Release the mouse and the button appears on the page.
Figure 115a Use the automatic guides to help place the button.
2. The Field Name dialog opens, naming the button "Button1" by default;
click Show All Properties to open the Button Properties dialog.
3. Change the button's name and type a tooltip if you like.
4. Select the Appearance tab, and define how the button will look by
choosing background and text color, borders, font, and line styles.
5. Select the Options tab and define how the content on the button
should look. You have numerous choices:
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In the Layout pop-up menu, you can select from a list of layout
options. If you choose any options that include labels, the Label
field becomes active; if you choose any options that include images,
the Icon field becomes active.

Drawing a Simple Button

on the Advanced Editing toolbar and use the
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And the Winner Is ...
The most common trigger
is the Mouse Up trigger. The
user clicks a button with the
mouse, and when the mouse
button is released, the action
is initiated. It is good design
etiquette to use the Mouse
Up trigger rather than the
Mouse Down trigger. Then, if
the user decides not to select
the button, he can drag the
pointer off the button and
cancel the action.
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