The introduction of smartphones and tablets-almost none of which now support Flash-and a slew of new PDF readers, essentially guarantee that interactive PDF features will not work when your clients view your PDFs. *Video was supported previously in Acrobat and Adobe Reader, but it was dependent on the Flash Player (which no longer comes bundled with the Adobe apps). Custom page transitions (like flipbook pages).Button actions related to several of the above items.Embedded HTML content (like YouTube videos).
Here’s a list of things that you can create with InDesign that don’t work in a PDF: It sounds like I’m exaggerating doesn’t it?Īlmost none of the interactivity in an interactive PDF actually works, even in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader.
