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In addition to Sandee's work, there's a LOT of info online about creating interactivity in ID. In particular, check out
 <http://tv.adobe.com/#pg+1518>
�episode 4, and
 <http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1503v1110>

If you google "interactive pdf indesign adobe video" and "make interactive pdf indesign," you'll find plenty of other tutorials.

Interactive pdfs can be printed, and you can specify whether any interactive elements, like buttons, will print or not.

I find it most efficient to create interactivity using a combination of ID and Acrobat Pro. Acrobat is generally easier for embedding multimedia and creating simple navigation commands that will be duplicated on multiple pages. Indesign is better for creating fields, and of course for creating all the visual elements, whether you add the interactivity there, too, or do that in Acrobat after exporting the pdf.

At issue in this thread is an unwanted, potentially confusing and unprofessional-appearing message about "using this form" that appears by default in pdfs with many buttons, even if they are not "forms;" it's not (at least in my experience) about the interactivity not working as a result.

Hopefully, Sandee will reply, but in the meantime, if you'd like to see an example pdf made both in ID and AcrobatPro 9 with lots of interactivity, Flash, buttons that reveal hidden fields, etc. you're welcome to download this one:
 <http://homepage.mac.com/davidpagecoffin/filechute/Chanel%201test4.pdf>

There's a link to email me directly in that file (last page), if you have any questions.

Good luck!
dpc