.Folio to Interactive PDF

Hi everyone,
Does anyone know if its possible to convert a .folio package into a interactive PDF binder?
Cheers,
Oliver

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I am using File >> Export... to create the PDF document, and I am sure the PDF document is of the interactive type and not the print type. Am I exporting it incorrectly? Is there a specific step that I have missed somewhere? Do I need to create a Folio Build to make the Folio Overlays work?
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overlap but not much.
The interactivity in the folio overlays panel is for DPS only.

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Is this feature possible at the moment? If yes, would appreciate exact how-to steps. Thanks in advance.

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in very small areas. There is no way to convert a folio to PDF.

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Ive created an interactive pdf through InDesign Digital Publishing. When I preview it in the folio builder everything is working the way I set it up. But when I publish and go to adobe's Digital Publishing to view it, only a few pages will show. I tried sharing it with another and they can only view two of the 10 pages. And the 2 pages they see do not work well. I was in CS6 and am upgrading to Cloud hoping that might help? Any ideas of what im doing wrong?

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