UI mock-up in PDF

Question

I want to do a mock-up GUI within a pdf file. Basically, it's a series of pages. If you click button A on a first page, for example, it goes to the third page, if you click button B, it goes to the second page, etc. I want to know if there is tutorial, video for this and what software should I use?

Thanks.

Answer 1

If you have Acrobat (not reader -- standard or professional), creating clickable links within PDFs is as simple as click and drag. E.g. as documented here:

http://www.webmasterworld.com/graphics_multimedia/3439118.htm

"You need the full Standard version of Acrobat or better, go to tools->Advanced Editing->Link tool. Draw a rectangle around the text to link and it will prompt you for link options (in-document, web URL, link colors, etc.)"

Answer 2

The pdf requirement is an odd one and will make this difficult. If you are just looking for a mockup GUI there are better ways to do it! Here's a free one: http://www.10screens.com/

Here is a popular one: http://www.balsamiq.com/

And here is a previous question on this that you might find useful: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/156755/tools-for-creating-a-user-interface-prototype

Good luck!

Answer 3

Create your GUI mockups with MockupUI and export the designs to a PDF document, one screen per page. Then you can open it in Acrobat and add page links.