Interactive PDF for mini quiz

hi all
i am looking for some info on how to create a Interactive PDF for mini quiz,
link to tutorials will do or where i can get started, its something new for me so any help would be great.
Thanks in Advance
Gman

Steve Werner wrote:
It's a bit too big of a topic for a single tutorial. I'd invest less than $20 in Sandee Cohen's Visual QuickStart Guide where she covers that topic well. She even has an extra PDF you can download with more detail.
InDesign CS5 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide (Visual Quickstart Guides)
Hi Steve
thanks for link will have a look at that book, i find totorial easyier to follow than reading more hands on.
Gman

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