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ADOBE ACROBAT 3D VERSION 8 337 User Guide Add actions with page thumbnails To enhance the interactive quality of a document, you can specify actions, such as changing the zoom value, to occur when a page is opened or closed. 1 Click the Pages button on the left. 2 Select the page thumbnail corresponding to the page, and choose Page Properties from the Options menu. 3 Click the Actions tab. 4 From the Select Trigger menu, choose Page Open to set an action when the page opens, or choose Page Close to set an action when the page closes. 5 Choose an action from the Select Action menu, and click Add. 6 Specify the options for the action, and click OK. The options available depend on the action selected. 7 To create a series of actions, choose another action from the menu, and click Add again. Use the Up and Down buttons to arrange the actions in the order you want them to occur. Note: If you set an action that switches to Full Screen view on Page Open or Page Close, the next time the same page opens or closes, Full Screen view is turned off. Action types You can assign the following actions to links, bookmarks, pages, media clips, and form fields: Execute A Menu Item Executes a specified menu command as the action. Go To A 3D View Jumps to the specified 3D view. Go To A Page View Jumps to the specified destination in the current document or in another document. Import Form Data Brings in form data from another file, and places it in the active form. Open A File Launches and opens a file. If you are distributing a PDF file with a link to another file, the reader needs the native application of that linked file to open it successfully. (You may need to add opening preferences for the target file.) Open A Web Link Jumps to the specified destination on the Internet. You can use http, ftp, and mailto protocols to define your link. Play A Sound Plays the specified sound file. The sound is embedded into the PDF document in a cross-platform format that plays in Windows and Mac OS. Play Media (Acrobat 5 Compatible) Plays the specified QuickTime or AVI movie that was created as Acrobat 5­ compatible. The specified movie must be embedded in a PDF document. Play Media (Acrobat 6 And Later Compatible) Plays a specified movie that was created as Acrobat 6-compatible. The specified movie must be embedded in a PDF document. Read An Article Follows an article thread in the active document or in another PDF document. Reset A Form Clears previously entered data in a form. You can control the fields that are reset with the Select Fields dialog box. Run A JavaScript Runs the specified JavaScript. Set Layer Visibility Determines which layer settings are active. Before you add this action, specify the appropriate layer settings.

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ADOBE ACROBAT 3D VERSION 8
User Guide
Add actions with page thumbnails
To enhance the interactive quality of a document, you can specify actions, such as changing the zoom value, to occur² ²
when a page is opened or closed.² ²
1
Click the Pages button on the left.² ²
2
Select the page thumbnail corresponding to the page, and choose Page Properties from the Options menu.² ²
3
Click the Actions tab.² ²
4
From
the
Select
Trigger
menu,
choose
Page
Open
to
set
an
action when
the page opens, or choose Page Close
to² ²
set an action when the page closes.² ²
5
Choose an action from the Select Action menu, and click Add.² ²
6
Specify the options for the action, and click OK. The options available depend on the action selected.² ²
7
To create a series of actions, choose another action from the menu, and click Add again. Use the Up and Down² ²
buttons to arrange the actions in the order you want them to occur.² ²
Note:
If you set an action that switches to Full Screen view on Page Open or Page Close, the next time the same page
opens or closes, Full Screen view is turned off.
Action types
You can assign the following actions to links, bookmarks, pages, media clips, and form fields:² ²
Execute A Menu Item
Executes a specified menu command as the action.² ²
Go To A 3D View
Jumps to the specified 3D view.² ²
Go To A Page View
Jumps to the specified destination in the current document or in another document.² ²
Import Form Data
Brings in form data from another file, and places it in the active form.² ²
Open A File
Launches and opens a file. If you are distributing a PDF file with a link to another file, the reader needs² ²
the native application of that linked file to open it successfully. (You may need to add opening preferences for the² ²
target file.)² ²
Open A Web Link
Jumps to the specified destination on the Internet. You can use http, ftp, and mailto protocols to² ²
define your link.² ²
Play A Sound
Plays the specified sound file. The sound is embedded into the PDF document in a cross-platform
format that plays in Windows and Mac OS.² ²
Play Media (Acrobat 5 Compatible)
Plays the specified QuickTime or AVI movie that was created as Acrobat 5±²
compatible. The specified movie must be embedded in a PDF document.² ²
Play Media (Acrobat 6 And Later Compatible)
Plays a specified movie that was created as Acrobat 6-compatible. The² ²
specified movie must be embedded in a PDF document.² ²
Read An Article
Follows an article thread in the active document or in another PDF document.² ²
Reset A Form
Clears previously entered data in a form. You can control the fields that are
reset with the
Select
Fields ² ²
dialog box.² ²
Run A JavaScript
Runs the specified JavaScript.² ²
Set Layer Visibility
Determines which layer settings are active. Before you add this action, specify the appropriate² ²
layer settings.² ²