Block interactivity but keep left/right page change...?

Hi all
I have an auto play video, and I'm trying to block the user from tapping to play / pause
I know it can be done with a pan and zoom overlay, but then this blocks the user from swiping left/right to change page
anyone know a way around this?
Tim

okay, so my solution so far has been to scrap the MSO and in the audio/video overlay creator - check "tap to view controller" then using an MSO at the bottom of the sreen to hide the controller so only the NAV BAR appears when the screen is tapped - this is a very sketchy work around and doesn't work very well for full screen videos
please if someone could help or tell me about their similar situations / work arounds
also I've found that my toll box for "media" that sits in the interactive menu, is blank? like there's nothing inside it... any ideas?
Tim

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The pages are simple enough for laser A4 printing back to back.
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Garethi wrote:
Hi just revisiting this one as I am aiming to streamline my workflow a little.
The company has me doing pretty large documents now so anything that can save me is a boon.
I am currently creating the document titles using a running header variable int he master pages. On the current pages a text frame with a specific style defines what will be in the title. I have made the text invisible otherwise you see two titles.
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Another approach to avoiding the duplicate display of a source and the variable that captures it, is to create and apply a master page without the running header text variabler, to the first document page, the one that contains the title's source text. You'll need to apply this special master page to the first document page of each document.
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Search InDesign Help, and Google, for InDesign non-printing lyer, InDesign synchronize book, InDesign book style source, and InDesign conditional text.
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HTH
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Peter
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