You can use Adobe Acrobat 8 or 9 to work with buttons. I have used images related to Adobe Acrobat 8 in this post.
Initially you need to complete your document in MS Word and convert it to a PDF. If you
are facing problems in converting your word document with Adobe Acrobat, then
simply use the pdf converter plugin downloaded from Microsoft site to complete this task.
Open your pdf document and follow the steps below.
Go to Tools--> Forms --> Button
Tool
Draw a rectangle or square at the place where you need to have the button on pdf document.
The Button property box will appear when the drawing is finished.
Properties in General tab
Give a unique name to button Name, which is going to be the
identifier for the button. Remember that this is not going to be the button
label.
Tooltip can be used to add a caption to the button. So that, the Tooltip
will be displayed when the mouse is pointed to the created button.
In Form
Field there are options to select, for visibility (Visible, Hidden, Hidden
but printable, visible but doesn't print options are available) of the created
button.
In Orientation you can change the point of reference of the
button.
Properties in Appearance tab
Border Color, Line Thickness, Fill Color and Line Style
properties can be modified using the Borders and Colors panel.
Text panel can
be used to adjust the Font Size, Text Color and Font type of the text appear in
the label.
You can use non for Border Color and Fill Color and proceed
without other modifications, if you are willing to use a text field or image
available in the pdf document itself.
Properties in Options tab
In Options tab, we can set the Layout of the button. The
selections available for Layout are as follows.
Label Only, Icon Only, Icon top label bottom, Label top icon
bottom, Icon left label right, Label left icon right, Label over icon.
- Use Icon Only, and proceed to Actions, if you need to use the already available text in the document.
- Use Label Only if you are not using the available text, but creating a text for the button using Label field.
- Use Label Over Icon, if you are planning to add an Icon image to your button and a Label description as well.
- Other available selections can be used according to the preferences as well.
Behavior of the button can be selected from the Behavior drop
down. Different States will be available under State for different behaviors.
Edit the label field available at Label to set text to the
button. Use Choose Icon button to browse
and add a button image.
The button icon will display inside the field for icon as below.
Properties in Actions tab
Actions tab can be used to add actions for each and every mouse trigger.
Use Select Trigger to choose a trigger and Select Action to
set a suitable action. Add button can be used to add required actions after
selecting an action.
For an example choose Mouse Down as the Select Trigger and
Go to a page view as the Select action. Click on Add button so that a window
giving instructions to set the link will appear. Use scroll, zoom or select tools to select
the target. So that when you click on the created button, you’ll be directed to
the target.
Following is a simple button created in the pdf document.
