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Inserting an email prompt in a PDF?
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Hi there. Looking for a bit of help. I created a form in InDesign- saved it as a PDF and created interactive buttons for the survey.
Now, I want to insert a link or hyperlink or whatever to put over the area where I typed "click here to submit form" I want them to click on it and it will open their email program with my address already there so they can submit.
Ideally, I would rather it just submit it to my website, but I don't think that's possible.
Can anyone help with the email part at least?
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hmm, seems simple... make the link on the button be "mailto:name@email.com" ? Or have I been doing too much html?
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Andi's right. Make the button a web link and simply make the URL a mailto: address. I just tried it in Acrobat Pro 6 and it worked like a charm. Launched Mail with the receiving email address pre-populated. If you want the subject line pre-populated, simply write it like this:
mailto:someone@yoursite.com?subject=Mail from Our Site
I don't see any way to simply make it submit the form without launching a mail app. If that's what you want, you're going to have to re-build it as a dedicated web form.
And no guff about my being stuck on Acrobat 6. I choose to feed my kids, not Adobe.
(Last edited by Thorzdad; Dec 9, 2008 at 06:21 PM.
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Originally Posted by Thorzdad 
And no guff about my being stuck on Acrobat 6. I choose to feed my kids, not Adobe.
That is so true. Software is waaaay to expensive to keep updating. I just got cs4 collection and this will be the last time my business gets an upgrade for a while.
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How do I make the button a web link?
Acrobat 8. I got CS3 with a student discount. Hooray!
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I think I got it- I want to have the actin be "Send Form" right? But wat format? What's FDF? Should I just do PDF? Will it retain the input?
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Originally Posted by KeriVit
How do I make the button a web link?
Acrobat 8. I got CS3 with a student discount. Hooray!
In InDesign, right-click on the button, choose Interactive -> New Hyperlink. Should be pretty straightforward from there.
And remember to check the box in the PDF export window to include hyperlinks in the final PDF, of course.
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Thanks all. Looks like I'm good to go. So simple, but just was coming to me quickly.
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