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Navigating with Buttons
Using a button is an often overlooked navigation option in Acrobat. Buttons are created using the Button
tool found on the Forms toolbar, a subtoolbar of the Advanced Editing toolbar (Figure 9.14).
A button has the same action capabilities as a link, but using buttons is simpler than links when you
want to use the same navigation option on multiple pages.
Figure 9.14 The Button tool is located on a subtoolbar
Here is an example: suppose you are working with a manufacturer's equipment manual that has a linked
Table of Contents, and no bookmarks. You could easily add a button to every page of the manual that you
can use to display the Table of Contents.
Follow these steps to add and configure the first button for the manual:
1. Click the Button tool on the Forms subtoolbar and draw a button in one corner of the document
page. In Figure 9.15, the button is drawn at the upper right corner of the page.
Figure 9.15 Choose basic characteristics for the first button
2. Release the mouse to open the Button Properties dialog box, also seen in Figure 9.15, and display
the General tab. Acrobat 6 and 7 both name the object Button1 by default. Click the Form Field
drop-down arrow and choose Visible but does not print from the list. This means the button is
visible onscreen, but printing a page of the manual doesn't include the image of the button.
3. Click the Appearance tab to choose visual options for the button (Figure 9.16). Choose a color for
the fill and border of the button, as well as its font, font size and font color. In the example, the
button is gray, without a border, and uses white text.
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