Pdf page transition

Hello,
I want to use the swipe left page transition in the interactive pdf function via indesign. I would like the two pages i am animating between to be seamlessly connected (no background colour in between). Is this possible?
Would appreciate hearing asap.
Thanks,
Tom

So for example I have a 2 page pdf. I want to animate from page 1 to page 2.
I want to us the Push left transition that i have set up in indesign to animate between the two pages.
I can do this fine, but as the page size isn't the same as my screen size I have a black strip (the pdf background colour in full screen mode) inbetween to the two pages so the push left transition is not seamless, there is a break in my graphics.
Is there any way around this?
I need to be able to use on many different computers so can't chance the page size
I had one idea to set the background in full screen mode to match my background colour of my design, but i think this a computer by computer setting, is there a way to assign the full screen background colour to the document itself?
Thanks,
Tom

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