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Including animations in Object States (MSOs)

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Including animations in Object States (MSOs)

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- One of the more interesting interactive features in InDesign is the ability to create object states, sometimes called MSOs, which stands for multistate object. An MSO is created with the Object States panel... and it's a special single frame that can splay more than one object by creating different states for each object. You can learn more about creating MSOs in other titles on lynda.com, including InDesign CC: Interactive Document Fundamentals with Mike Rankin. But in this video, I want to show you how MSOs can be even more intersting when you include animations in the various states in an MSO. It opens up a whole new world of possibilitites. When we create MSOs for fixed layout ePubs or other formats that support animations, we need to use buttons to move from one state to the next or to move to a specific state. Let's take a look at this example. I'm gonna play it in the Preview panel. These buttons switch to a state in the MSO and an animations plays in each. Here we have…

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