Creating Interactivity

These articles focus on creating interactive elements within InDesign documents.

Make looping, autoplaying presentations keep sliding between loops
When you use Presentation Mode (in5 > Enhancements > Presentation Mode), set it to Enable Autoplay and Loop, and export with the Slider (Horizontal) p...
Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 5:12 PM
Export content with an animated GIF that plays within a custom shape
You may already know that if you place an animated GIF in your InDesign document and want to export it with in5 with the animation intact that the frame mus...
Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 4:58 PM
Options for allowing your users to enter data
By default, InDesign doesn't provide a mechanism to save data with a website or an app. Because in5 is a plugin for InDesign, in5 relies on features th...
Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 4:30 PM
How to create an animated email signature with a hyperlink
Create and export the animated content Use InDesign to create your animation, export with in5, and use the in5 Animated GIF Maker to create an animated GIF...
Fri, May 26, 2023 at 4:58 PM
How to add hotspots or actions to videos using InDesign and in5
There are a few ways that you can add hotspots or actions to videos to make them interactive using InDesign and in5: Make a button over the video You can...
Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 2:29 PM
How to Create Animated Rollovers
Here are a few ways that you can make a button appear to animate between states: Use an animated GIF in a Multi-state Object (MSO) Make an animated ...
Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Adding Lottie animations to your in5-exported content
Lottie files are JSON-based animations that have a small file size, work on multiple platforms, can be scaled without loss in quality, and can include inter...
Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 10:18 AM
How to make a Back to Top button with in5 and InDesign
When you're making a tall page that scrolls or a one-page scrolling site, you may want add a button that allows the user easily return to the top. There...
Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 3:08 PM
How to make 3D Flip Cards that autoplay and loop
With InDesign and in5, you can make 3D Flip Cards from Multi-state Objects (MSOs) that have two object states. When you export your content as HTML5 wit...
Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 1:03 PM
How to create a hamburger menu & submenu with InDesign & in5
As in5 is an InDesign plugin, it uses InDesign's features to create interactive content. For example, the Menu Builder (in5 > Build Wizards > Menu...
Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 6:23 PM