Howto:Creating a digital folder SWF from PDF using indesign

All
I am not familer with indesign and trying something out with a trial version if it should work for our hobby club
1 input PDF version of our two months magazine
2 Convert this to a digital swf folder so i can walk trough it using the option to pulling the corner of the right page
3 Adding buttons to zoom in and out and navigate buttons
I was trying to find this out in the cs6 trial version but couldn't find it
Can anyone give me a description how this works in indesign?
Johan

Similar Messages

Extract Text from pdf using C#

Hi,
We are Solution developer using Acrobat,as we have reuirement of extracting text from pdf using C# we have downloaded adobe sdk and installed. We have found only four exmaples in C# and those are used only for viewing pdf in windows application. Can you please guide us how to extract text from pdf using SDK in C#.
Thanks you for your help.
Regards
kiranmai

Okay so I went ahead and actually added the text extraction functionality to my own C# application, since this was a requested feature by the client anyhow, which originally we were told to bypass if it wasn't "cut and dry", but it wasn't bad so I went ahead and gave the client the text extraction that they wanted. Decided I'd post the source code here for you. This returns the text from the entire document as a string.
       private static string GetText(AcroPDDoc pdDoc)
            AcroPDPage page;
            int pages = pdDoc.GetNumPages();
            string pageText = "";
            for (int i = 0; i < pages; i++)
                page = (AcroPDPage)pdDoc.AcquirePage(i);
                object jso, jsNumWords, jsWord;
                List<string> words = new List<string>();
                try
                    jso = pdDoc.GetJSObject();
                    if (jso != null)
                        object[] args = new object[] { i };
                        jsNumWords = jso.GetType().InvokeMember("getPageNumWords", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, jso, args, null);
                        int numWords = Int32.Parse(jsNumWords.ToString());
                        for (int j = 0; j <= numWords; j++)
                            object[] argsj = new object[] { i, j, false };
                            jsWord = jso.GetType().InvokeMember("getPageNthWord", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, jso, argsj, null);
                            words.Add((string)jsWord);
                    foreach (string word in words)
                        pageText += word;
                catch
            return pageText;

How to extract word coordinates from PDF using vc++6.0

In sdk,i just know how to get coordinate from pdf using javascript,and it will be completed use vb.but i dont know how to get the coordinate througt vc++6.0.anyone can help me?
thank you advance!

PDEWordFinder is the usual method for getting words and co-ordinates.
PDFEdit is not usually used, it is not suitable for getting text.
It is very hard work to make the two worlds work together (e.g. to
edit text you find).
Aandi Inston

How to read line number text from PDF using plugin?

Hi, I would like to know how to read line number text from PDF using plugin?
Thanks in advance.

Ok, some background reading of the PDF Reference will help you understand why this is so difficult. PDF files are not organised into lines. It is best to think of each word or character on the page as being a graphic with its own position. The human eye sees lines where a series of graphics (words) are roughly in the same horizontal region.
In the general case it is difficult or even impossible to answer this. You may have columns with different spacing (but the PDF stores no information on what is a column). You may have subscripts and superscripts. You may have text in graphics coinciding with other text. Commonly, there may be titles, headings or page numbers which are just ordinary text and might count as lines.
That said, what you need to do is extract the text on the page and its positions. The WordFinder APIs are the way to do that. Now, sort all the words out, using the Y coordinates and size to try and guess what makes a "line". Now you are in a position to find the text (divided into words, not strings) and report the "line number" you have estimated.

Insert image into a .pdf using InDesign

Can I insert image into a .pdf using InDesign....

You can place a PDF as an image in InDesign, then add more content and export a new PDF.
There are also commercial plugins available that will allow you to open a PDF as editable objects in InDesign.

I want to create and link web ads to website using indesign any suggestions?

i want to create and link web ads to website using Indesign any suggestions?

Ok I am just a designer. I know how to create web ads but linking/uploading these ads is not part of my job description. My boss asked me to create and manage the ads for our current website thru In design. Is there a way to do this? Or do I need to buy a program like muse?

How Can I Create a Print Button on a PDF Using Acrobat Pro That Will Also Work on iOS?

I created a Print Button on a PDF document using Adobe Acrobat Pro on my Mac. The Print button works perfectly on different browsers on my Mac and on Windows (running under Parallels Desktop) as well.
When I open the document on my iPad the Print button doesn't even appear. I am guessing that this is a Flash issue but it may be more related to the fact the the action for the button is to access the Print menu item, which doesn't exist under iOS.
Is there any way to create a Print button using Acrobat Pro that will work on a Mac and Windows but also on iOS?

In order to initiate printing by clicking a button, the button has to have either an "execute menu item" type action or use the "print" JavaScript method. As you guessed, the former won't work since there are no menu items to execute, and the latter can only work if the particular PDF viewer you're using supports it. I'm not aware of any that do on iOS.
The button doesn't appear because you're probably opening it in the default PDF viewer, which doesn't support forms at all. If you were to open the form in Adobe Reader, you'd see the button but it wouldn't work.

Could not get exact contents from pdf using adobe acrobat professional

Hi,
I am using acrobat professional to extract contents from a pdf into HTML. During extraction of pdf into HTML some contents are getting rendered as images. But with pdf to xml extraction i can get the exact contents. But i need HTML file from pdf. Any suggestions. Thanks in advance.

You might want to see if you can select the background with the object touchup tool. If so, can you then just delete the selected object. May take a while to go through the document, but if it solves the problem you are ahead. You may be able to select it with JavaScript and repeat the process. My point of using the object touchup tool is that it may not be a background set by Acrobat, but something that is simply labeled as an image from the Acrobat viewpoint.

Why am I unable to edit documents converted from PDFs using acrobat?

I Purchased the acrobat for converting PDFs for ease of editing. I have failed to edit the converted documents and the document is substantially corrupted on conversion. Help!

Hey arn051,
How are you trying to convert documents from PDFs and in which format?
Please tell me which Acrobat version are you using?
Is there any specific message that arrives when you try edit the doc?
Regards,
Anubha

Why is Merge into single pdf using InDesign CS3 and not CS4 ?

I'm new to this so the question may be trivial, but it beats me:
I've created some InDesign files in CS4 and want to combine them into one PDF. So I opened Acrobat 9 Pro and
navigated to "Merge files into single pdf". I chose the CS4 InDesign files to Add and clicked the Combine Files button.
BUT, this starts up InDesign CS3 and not InDesign CS4 and returns a pop-up saying "unidentified error".
Why is starting CS3 InDesign and not CS4, and what is the "unidentified" error ! ?
As background I intially installed CS3 and then updated to CS4, leaving the CS3 applications intact. When I initially
bought CS3, just before CS4 was released I may have created pdfs from InDesign as an experiment, but it is possible I have not done this
since upgrading to CS4.
Thanks for any help

Thanks Michael, I was not aware of quality issues. Actually this is not really significant for my usage this time. What I'm doing is just using ID to capture notes/images/links etc in several free format ID documents. I then planned to merge them quickly into one pdf using Acrobat. I can easily shuffle the file order around to create a handy portable pdf reference document with the Merge feature.
Doing something similar from ID seemed to me to require me to create pdfs for each ID doc and them to merge them in Acrobat. I did start to write a simple script to do this in ID, but I then realised that I wanted the ordering to vary and the ID files would likely to change. Then I found the merge and bingo, that solved it..... Well it solved it on another CS4 installation that had never seen CS3, but not on my machine which had been upgraded from CS3.
I tried looking in the registry for obvious entries that might point Acrobat to use ID CS3 rather than CS4, but couldn't spot anything. I wonder if there is something buried in there ?
Thanks again for helping
Regards.

Generating a pdf using InDesign CS4

Hi there
I am having problems generating a pdf using version CS4 - I have done this hundreds of times but on this occasion after selecting the preset I want, the file begins to generate / export and once the last page is reached - I get the message Adobe InDesign CS4 has stopped working - A problem caused the program to stop working correctly and so no saved pdf !
I tried doing the same thing using InDesign CS3 version at home and alas this works!
I have tried exporting the file to a Interchange file and then attempted to export the file this way but again the same message appears. V frustrating!
I have used the same exporting / preset for months and never had a problem before.
Any ideas? The file is quite large in size - around 80mb but not sure this would cause a problem when trying to generate a high res pdf.
All thoughts / suggestions welcome!
Thanks

Sometimes this is caused by insufficient system resources. In such cases exporting in chunks and combining in Acrobat generally will work.
If that 's not it, it's most ikley an object on a page that is damaged or otherwise non-cooperative. You can isloate the page by trying to export half at a time, then half of each section that fails. Once you've isolated the page you can do the same withthe objects on the page.

Interactive pdf using Indesign CS5.5 problem with layering

Hi all
I have designed an interactive pdf - not for the web. I have a problem layering out a page. On the page there are 6 buttons. Each button when pressed will bring forward a box containing content/information. When I designed the page using indesign cs5.5 I made sure the largest box of information was at the top of the layer. I thought this would be the cleanest way to present the page. By having the largest content box (each of the six content boxes are different sizes) at the top it would cover the other boxes. When I exported the file out the smallest box was at the top, then the secondest etc. It looks pretty messy.
Is there a way to ensure that the lagest content box is at the top when it exported to pdf????
Regards

Have patience!
Have you tried putting that largest box on it's own layer at the top? I don't know much about buttons etc though, if you wait someone will come on here that does. A lot of contributors are in different time zones though.....

How Can I disable page scrolling when creating an interactive PDF using InDesign?

I'm attempting to create an interactive PDF portfolio with links from the homepage to gallery pages and projects etc, but it seems useless if I can't stop the PDF pages from scrolling? Can anyone help?
I have InDesign CS5.5 and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Thanks,
Elizabeth

scrolling through the pages
There is nothing you can do to prevent a viewer from navigating on their own through a PDF. One method would be to have the PDF open in Full Screen mode, this hides the navigation tab. But a viewer can use their arrow keys to go page to page, ignoring the links within the PDF. And the viewer can hit the esc key to go back to normal view. Another option would be to use a swf export, indstead of pdf, but seriously depends on how you plan to distribute this portfolio.

Can't seem to save non-English as text from PDF using Reader

I have several PDF documents that were originally generated by OpenOffice from a UTF8-encoded text file. The text is in different languages, e.g. Korean, Arabic, Russian, English. When I open these documents and then "save as text", the resulting text files contain garbage or nothing at all in all cases except for English. Is it possible to extract non-English text from a PDF document using Reader? If not, is there a different product that could be used for this purpose? Thanks much!

They're using fonts that you don't have on your system so no, it isn't possible with Reader.

Problems copy & paste text from PDF to InDesign CS5

Hey guys
Today, I tried copying and pasting text from a PDF I received from my client, into a InDesign CS5 doc, and the text came out was just random numbers and punctuations.
I've tried exporting Word / RTF & TXT file from the PDF and yet they still come out random. I'm not sure if it's just how the PDF was made, or there is something wrong with my CS5.
I'm on Snow Leopard, CS5 Premium, Acrobat Pro 9 & also Acrobat Reader X.
Any ideas why?

It's the PDF.
Usually, you can copy text out of a PDF, but there is no guarantee *at all*. Older software used to take shortcuts to subset fonts: first character it encountered got coded as #1, the next as #2, etc. etc. If you do a search & replace of each of the nonsense characters, you'll slowly see the original text appearing (thst's not as simple as it sounds, though).
A similar "problem" is that sometimes spaces don't get copied (there is no need for a "Space Character" in a PDF), and that you cannot copy contiguous lines of text as a single paragraph. All of it is because a PDF is not intended nor designed to be re-used after creation.
If you really need this text and don't want to type it in, try to get hold of the original file.

Howto:Creating a digital folder SWF from PDF using indesign

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for