7Create Interactive PDF Navigation

HOW TO…

• Use actions

• Add JavaScript to documents

• Create articles

• Use named destinations

• Modify Open options

In Chapter 6, you learned how to add navigation to your documents by using bookmarks, page thumbnails, and links. You can take PDF navigation to the next level when you use actions. Adding actions to a PDF document lets you open files, play media, navigate to websites, and more when a link or bookmark is clicked. You can assign multiple actions to a link or bookmark. You can also assign actions to page thumbnails to trigger an action when a page is opened or closed.

In this chapter, you find out how to work with actions. You learn how to add them to links, bookmarks, and page thumbnails. You also ...

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