Title: Running interactive pdfs
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Running interactive pdfs

 *  [mikestewart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikestewart/)
 * (@mikestewart)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-interactive-pdfs/)
 * Hi,
    I want to use my WordPress site as a portfolio for my Elearning work, but
   am unable to open interactive PDFs. I’ve created the files in PowerPoint, added
   interactivity in Captivate 9 and saved as PDFs as the only option available for
   WordPress. The process for loading to the media library and then my site seems
   to work fine, then when I try to open the file from the page link, a blank page
   of the right size opens, but nothing else. I’m getting the same response in both
   Chrome and Microsoft Edge. I tried using a plugin – Custom Type Post Attachment
   and this wouldn’t load the file to the site. The only clue I’ve got is that on
   opening Inspect, there is a warning stating that ‘/deep/ communicator is deprecated’.
   Not being a coder, I haven’t a clue where to go from there, can anyone please
   help?
 * Engagingelearning.com

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-interactive-pdfs/#post-7092450)
 * Save the file to your desktop computer, then right click and select “Open with”..
   and choose a Web Browser like Chrome. Does the file open in the browser?
 *  Thread Starter [mikestewart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikestewart/)
 * (@mikestewart)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-interactive-pdfs/#post-7092457)
 * I’ve done as you suggested and am getting the same response. I guess I need to
   look elsewhere for a solution?
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-interactive-pdfs/#post-7092461)
 * It would appear your file is not suitable for the Web. I’m not sure why that 
   is, maybe Microsoft’s forums will give you a better answer.

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 * [captivate](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/captivate/)
 * [interactive](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/interactive/)
 * [PDFs](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pdfs/)

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-interactive-pdfs/#post-7092461)
 * Status: not resolved

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