- Types of Interactive Elements
- Defining Hyperlinks
- Creating Cross-References
- Working with Bookmarks
- Adding Sounds
- Movies and Animations
- Creating Buttons
- Sample Buttons
- Creating PDF Forms
- Sample Forms
- Animating InDesign Objects
- Timing
- Multi-State Objects
- Working with the SWF Preview Controls
- Setting Page Transitions
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Creating Cross-References
Cross-references are a subset of hyperlinks and are found at the bottom of the Hyperlinks panel. Like hyperlinks, cross-references create an electronic link from one part of a document to a destination in the same or different document. But cross-references go further than hyperlinks in that they also insert a reference to the page number or text. So you can automatically create a cross-reference on one page that says, “for more information see page ###.”
To define a cross-reference:
- Place your insertion point in the text where you want the cross-reference to appear.
- Click the Create New Cross-Reference icon
in the Hyperlinks panel. This opens the New Cross-Reference dialog box 
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The Create New Cross-Reference icon in the Hyperlinks panel. - Choose one of the following from the Link To menu:
- Text Anchor sets the controls to a previously defined text anchor.
- Paragraph sets the controls to text defined with a paragraph style.
- Set the Text Anchor controls or set the Paragraph controls.
- Use the Cross-Reference Format menu to control what text is placed inside the cross-reference.
- Set the Appearance controls for the cross-reference.
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To set a text anchor as a cross-reference:
- With the New Cross-Reference dialog box open, use the Link To menu to choose Text Anchor
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The New Cross-Reference dialog box set to link to a text anchor. - Use the Document menu to choose the current document.
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Choose the Browse command at the bottom of the Document menu to choose a different document.
- Use the Text Anchor menu to choose a previously defined text anchor.
To set a paragraph style as a cross-reference:
- With the New Cross-Reference dialog box open, use the Link To menu to choose Paragraph.
- Use the Document menu to choose the current document.
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Use the Browse command to choose a different document.
- Click one of the paragraph styles from the paragraph options
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The New Cross-Reference dialog box set to link to paragraph styles. - Choose one of the paragraphs shown in the text display.
A cross-reference can be formatted to include the paragraph text, a page number, a file name, and other aspects of the text. You use the Cross-Reference Formats.
To set the cross-reference text:
Choose one of the pre-made Cross-Reference Formats from the Format menu .
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Cross-references are a type of hyperlink. So just like you can style hyperlinks, you can also format the appearances of cross-references.
To set the appearance of a cross-reference:
- Use the Type menu in the Appearance area to choose a setting for the visibility of the rectangle around the hotspot .
- Use the Highlight menu to choose the appearance of the hotspot area when clicked.
- Use the Width menu to choose the thickness of the visible rectangle.
- Use the Style menu to choose a solid or dashed line for the visible rectangle.
- Use the Color menu to choose a color for the rectangle.
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