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I need to create a PDF where keyboard navigation (up, down, enter - anything that advances the page) is disabled. Navigation needs to be limited to the links embedded in the document. The original file is a Keynote presentation exported to a PDF. In Acrobat I've tried to write a Javascript disabling certain keyCodes, but have not had any luck. Is there another way to do this or a script that will take care of it? I've looked everywhere.

I am on a PC using Acrobat Professional 7.0. The original Keynote file is from a Mac using Keynote 8.0.

2007-12-09 19:03:44

thomp

Registered: Feb 15 2006

Posts: 4411

One thing you cannot do with Acrobat is override the user's control of thier own system. This means that you cannot remove any of the regular functions of Acrobat, such as "Save", "NextPage", etc. You can hide the buttons and toolbars, but you can't disable the actual functions. And there's nothing you can do about the shortcut keys.

You're best bet is to set the options in the "Document Properties" for hiding the menus and toolbars.

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