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Add actions with page thumbnails
To enhance the interactive quality of a document, you can specify actions, such as changing the zoom value, to occur
when a page is opened or closed.
Click the Pages button on the left.
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Select the page thumbnail corresponding to the page, and choose Page Properties from the Options menu.
Click the Actions tab.
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From the Select Trigger menu, choose Page Open to set an action when the page opens, or choose Page Close to
set an action when the page closes.
Choose an action from the Select Action menu, and click Add.
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Specify the options for the action, and click OK. The options available depend on the action selected.
To create a series of actions, choose another action from the menu, and click Add again. Use the Up and Down
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buttons to arrange the actions in the order you want them to occur.
Note: If you set an action that switches to Full Screen view on Page Open or Page Close, the next time the same page
opens or closes, Full Screen view is turned off.
Action types
You can assign the following actions to links, bookmarks, pages, media clips, and form fields:
Executes a specified menu command as the action.
Execute A Menu Item
Jumps to the specified 3D view.
Go To A 3D View
Jumps to the specified destination in the current document or in another document.
Go To A Page View
Brings in form data from another file, and places it in the active form.
Import Form Data
Launches and opens a file. If you are distributing a PDF file with a link to another file, the reader needs
Open A File
the native application of that linked file to open it successfully. (You may need to add opening preferences for the
target file.)
Jumps to the specified destination on the Internet. You can use http, ftp, and mailto protocols to
Open A Web Link
define your link.
Plays the specified sound file. The sound is embedded into the PDF document in a cross-platform
Play A Sound
format that plays in Windows and Mac OS.
Play Media (Acrobat 5 Compatible)
compatible. The specified movie must be embedded in a PDF document.
Play Media (Acrobat 6 And Later Compatible)
specified movie must be embedded in a PDF document.
Follows an article thread in the active document or in another PDF document.
Read An Article
Clears previously entered data in a form. You can control the fields that are reset with the Select Fields
Reset A Form
dialog box.
Runs the specified JavaScript.
Run A JavaScript
Determines which layer settings are active. Before you add this action, specify the appropriate
Set Layer Visibility
layer settings.
Plays the specified QuickTime or AVI movie that was created as Acrobat 5
Plays a specified movie that was created as Acrobat 6-compatible. The
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