Setting up an animation workspace

- Before you start working with InDesign's…animation features, you may want to…set up an animation workspace.…There are certain panels that you're going to need…to access frequently, so you want to…have them readily available.…In the center of the screen, you'll see a screenshot…of the final workspace, which…you'll find in the exercise files.…I'm now in the process of finishing up…my animation workspace here.…I like to start with the interactive for pdf workspace.…I've moved and added some of the panels, here.…I've also removed some panels…and I've got one more to remove.…

I'm not going to use the gradient panel very often,…so I'll click on it to open it, grab it by its name,…and then close that panel.…You'll see that I've grouped together several…of the interactive panels, here, buttons and forms,…media, and object states.…Now we'll open the panels that we're…going to be using the most.…From the window menu, I'll go to interactive…and open the animation panel.…When you open the animation panel,…it's important to open this little properties area.…