Going to the menu file > export > adobe pdf (interactive). Let's see the result in the following image. How to create interactive documents in indesign fill in fields step 3. Buttons to submit and delete form in this step we are going to create two buttons, a fundamental part of knowing how to make an interactive document in indesign. We will configure one of them to send the form to an email account and the other to delete all the filled in fields. To carry out this process we will rely on the example buttons and forms that indesign offers us in the buttons and forms panel.
To access these buttons we have to click on the options button located in the upper right. In the drop-down menu that appears we select E Commerce Photo Editing the option buttons and sample forms . Panel buttons and sample forms how to create interactive documents in indesign now we only have to drag the button that we like the most, for this micro tutorial we have used buttons 125 and 126. Once we drag them to the page we are working on in indesign, it is recommended to convert that button to an object. Otherwise, adding the "submit form" text frame above the button will not make it visible when exporting to pdf. To convert to an object we just have to click on the following highlighted button having the button previously selected: convert to button object
how to create interactive documents in indesign by converting to object we are erasing any previous action and configuration of the example button. Next, we are going to insert the text in "submit form" right above it in white. Then we select both elements and group them so that we have a single element. Once this part is finished, we will apply the submit form action with the button selected from the menu that we can see in the following image: action send form interactive documents indesign we will repeat this same process for the button corresponding to delete form.