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Last updated 4/7/2015

7 To define where the icon is placed inside the button, drag the slider arrows. Icon placement is defined according to

the percentage of space preserved between the icon and the left field boundary, and between the icon and the bottom

field boundary. The default setting (50, 50) places the icon in the middle of a field. You can click Reset at any time

to revert to the default placement setting.

8 Click OK, and then click Close.

Hide an Acrobat DC button except during rollover

In some cases, you may want the button area to be invisible until the pointer moves over it. By alternately showing and

hiding a button, you can create interesting visual effects in a document. For example, when you move a pointer over a

city on a map, a detail map of the city could be displayed, and the detail map could disappear when the pointer moves

away from the city.

A Pointer not over button area B Pointer enters button area C Pointer exits button area

1 If you are not in form editing mode, choose To o l s > Prepare Form.

2 Using the Button tool , drag across the area where you want the pop-up button to appear. For example, if the

PDF file contains a map of France, drag across the area where you want a detailed map of Paris to pop up.

3 Double-click the button, and then click the Options tab and choose Icon Only from the Layout menu.

4 Choose Push from the Behavior menu, and then choose Rollover from the State list.

5 Click Choose Icon, and then click Browse. Select the file type from the File Of Type, navigate to the location of the

image file, and then double-click the file. In this example, you would select a map of Paris. Click OK to accept the

previewed image as the button.

6 Click the Appearance tab. If needed, deselect Border Color and Fill Color, and then click Close.

7 If you are in the edit mode, click Preview. The image field you defined appears as the pointer rolls over the button

area and disappears when it exits.

If you want the image to be larger than the rollover area, or if you want the image to be in a different location than

the image button that pops up, use the Show/Hide A Field action. First, you specify an icon for the button that will

be shown and hidden. Next, you create a second button that acts as a hot spot when the mouse rolls over it. You do not

assign an icon for the appearance of the second button. Instead, you use the Actions tab to show the first button when

the pointer enters the second button, and hide the first button when the pointer exits.

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