InDesign or Lifecycle to Interactive PDF

I am new to InDesign and LyfeCycle
I have put together a PDF Form that is interactive with dynamic navigation menu buttons on a master but have run into several roadblocks.
1) While I can get the Acrobat 10 Form Wizard to work perfectly and recognize the placeholder fields when the PDF is only three pages, it stops recognizing the fields when the it has 28 pages. I really dont want to have to add all the fields in on the Acrobat side. I tried layers and they didn't work. The wizard only recognizes the navigational buttons but not of the fields. We will be making frequent updates to this file and I dont want to draw 28 pages of radio boxes.
2) Is it possible to program the PDF so that when I select a particular item off a drop down, that it will show/hide defined pages based on the selection? So if I select product a and c from the PDF drop down, only pages 5,6,7 and 12,13,14 show up in the PDF? Everything I have been reading says probably not from InDesign. Some discussions say it can be done in LifeCycle but then dont tell me how.
3) When I import the PDF into LifeCycle it loses the master design and the navigational buttons from InDesign.
4) Can I solve the problem with JavaScrip in Acrobat? Do I have to use LifeCycle? What doesn't LifeCycle import InDesigned Masters from PDF?
Any ideas?

When you choose to export the book out of the ID Book file, choose Interactive. The same settings come up as exporting the interactive PDF out of the individual ID file.

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I'm not sure about what to you mean. But I create first the crossword with Excel, I mean to put the words in the right order and the questions and/or cue too. Then I create a table in InDesign and format some cells with black background and some borders. I upload both captures, from Excel and from InDesigne. Then with Adobe X Pro I create a form, so I can create singles inputs for the crossword.
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Now in InDesign CS5 there is a more convenient option under File > Export... to make interactive PDFs with links, buttons, etc.
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Hi everyone!
This is my first time asking directly for help in the adobe forum, but god nows how many times i found good advice here before, searching for answers to rather simple AND complex questions.
My problem is:
I have a book made out of 17 files, summing a total of 706 pages.
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supposedly i have to turn that document in tomorrow midday (european time) so it can be saved onto usb-pendrives for distribution... but right now i'm VERY lost.
i'd appreciate some advice, and even if it is a straight "it's not possible, too large of a document" would be nice just to get things in my head a little clearer and confront the client with what's REALLY posssible and what is simply not doeable.
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p.s.: despite all the problems (mainly caused by outrageous client/marketing demands) nobody will ever get me hating on inDesign - just gotta looooove that program!

i ended up changing the system after talking to an adobe engineer as she told me that given the high page number and the awfully heigh number of buttons // links per page (from 10 up to 35) it seemed to be a problem for the program to process all that info. not because of the computers "strengths" but simply because of the complexity of the document.
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Thank you for all your support and quick answers (i didn't think it would be that inmediate!).
Definitely going to pay more attention to this forum and give a look around to see if i can help somebody too.
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Steph
p.s.: i thought of that option, but at about 6-12 cross-document buttons per page in a document of 700... i didn't want to get into that mess. if the document weren't as complex it would have been the solution!

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Hi guys I wonder if anyone can help?
I have created a basic website for my dad, however, I want people to be able to click on the 'Click Here' BUTTON and it takes them to an interactive PDF document that they fill in their details onto.
You can see the site if it makes it easier at www.cheapaparcels.com (the site is ONLY aimed at a small community of people on Spain's Costa Blanca, so Iam not trying to get free publicity).
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Thank you Bob, easy when you know how!!
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Hi Guys
This is Sean Smith. Marilou who wrote the original post works for me. Bob if you could point us in the direction of details you need I’ll ensure we provide the additional information as soon as possible.
M tells me she pretty much doing exactly what Steve's article suggests.
The concern is what a remarkably cumbersome process this appears to be.
Even though I believe her explanation entirely I find the problem to be highly disconcerting as it’s wasting an immense amount of valuable time and inhibiting the production process significantly.
She is producing wonderful results but via an immensely painstaking process fraught with potential for error. Each page link has to be manually linked to the next by number. It’s entirely possible to make a mistake and link to the incorrect page thus missing pages.
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For an extravagantly wealthy company with such extraordinarily expensive software I find this to be entirely incredulous.
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Are they aware of this issue?
What are they doing about it and when will it be done?
Just curious are you guys paid employees or volunteers as this appears to be an official forum and we are new here?
Digital publishing of PDF magazines appears to be an explosive growth market especially for platforms such as the iPad but this primary product for the task appears to be inadequate or ill-conceived.
Is DPS a possible solution or is this more for Apps than PDF production?
Regards
Sean

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