Indesign - button with multiple icons.

Hi all,
I'm pretty new to Indesign, playing around with what I can do.
I'm trying to create a button that will change it's icon when clicked.
e.g. first click - tick, second click - circle
Is this at all possible? if you could point me in the right direction that would be great.

Hi Dave,
Yes it is possible. Steps to perform:
1. Create a rectangle.
2. Select it, right click and select Interactive-> Convert to Button.
3. In Buttons panel, select 'Click' state under 'Appearance' and change appearance of your button like add drop shadow to it and your click state is ready.
Similarly you can change Rollover state as well.
For achieving your behavior, what you can do is create three buttons, one normal, second with tick and third with circle. Initially hide second and third button and on trigger of first button show second button and hide itself and then click of second button show third button and hide itself. There is an action Show/Hide buttons in Buttons panel which you can use to achieve this.
Thanks
-Anshul

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