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Creating interactive buttons
Buttons are an easy, intuitive way to generate visual interest and interactive usability
options in many types of online documents. Buttons can combine text and graphics to
lead users through a series of actions or events by changing as the mouse is moved.
Mouse Up is the default mouse appearance. You can select any combination of mouse
behaviors for a field and specify any combination of actions for a mouse behavior,
although no more than 10 are recommended.
To add an interactive button:
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Select the form tool
, and drag the cross-hair pointer to create a box.
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Enter a name in the Name text box of the Field Properties dialog box, and select Button
from the Type menu.
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With the Field Properties dialog box still active, set the desired appearance options:
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Specify a border color, background color, and border width and style.
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Specify a font, font size, and text color.
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Select Read Only or Required, and specify whether the form field is to be hidden, visible,
visible but doesn’t print, or hidden but printable.
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Specify the button’s orientation in degrees.
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Select the Options tab.
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Specify the display of the button when clicked, choosing one of the following options:
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Invert inverts the colors in the button.
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None results in no change to the appearance of the button.
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Outline highlights the field border.
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Push uses the elements specified in the Button Face attributes section.
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Choose a button layout from the menu.You can choose a text only display, an icon only
display, or various combinations of icon and text. You select the text and icon for the
button layout in the Button Face Attributes section of the dialog box.
Button layouts
A.
Text only
B.
Icon only
C.
Icon over text
D.
Tex t over icon
E.
Tex t right, icon left
F.
Icon right, text left
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If you want the button to change in appearance when the mouse interacts with it,
select a button state from the Button Face When list, and then enter text or select an icon
from the Button Face Attributes. Choose from the following options:
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Up indicates the button display when the mouse is not interacting with the button.
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Down indicates the button display when the mouse is pressed over the button.
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