General Button Properties

Once you have created a button, you can set its properties. These are divided into two sections. General properties let you name the button and control how it is viewed in the PDF. The other section is the Behavior properties (covered on page 453), which let you apply actions to the button.

To set the General controls of the Button Options:

1.	Double-click the button to open the Button Options dialog box . The Button Options dialog box set to the General control. or Select the button and choose Object > Interactive > Button Options. TIP If you have text in the button, you'll need to use the Object menu command to open it. Otherwise, you'll place an insertion point in the button's text.
2.	Click the General control.
3.	Choose a name for the button or leave the default name in place.
4.	Enter a description for the button. This description is visible when the mouse passes over the button in Acrobat. It is also used as the alternate text heard by visually impaired users . Enter a description in the General Button Options that the viewer can see while holding the cursor over the button in the PDF viewer.
5.	Choose one of the following from the Visibility in PDF menu : The Visibility in PDF menu in the Button Options dialog box. Visible displays the button. This is the most common setting. Hidden hides the button. This setting can be overridden by the Show/Hide Fields behavior (see page 455). Visible but Doesn't Print allows the button to be seen but keeps it from cluttering up any printouts of the page. Hidden but Printable allows you to add information to a printout without cluttering up your onscreen page.