Interactive pdf features

I am looking to create an interactive pdf both links and buttons etc., not an interactive form. I am trying to look for a list of what is possible in an interactive pdf, but finding it rather confusing. For example, can you have a drop down menu with links in it,  which will take you to a particular section of the pdf? Can you have things coming in animated from the sides? Can you have buttons that you click with expand into boxes of text? This pdf will be a brochure available for download off a website. Thanks

can you have a drop down menu with links in it,  which will take you to a particular section of the pdf?
Yes, using a form field and a custom-made script.
Can you have things coming in animated from the sides?
Maybe with some kind of Flash component.
Can you have buttons that you click with expand into boxes of text?
More or less. You can create the text boxes in advance and then show/hide them based on the buttons, but you can't "re-flow" the page and make it shorter/longer based on the user's selections.

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