How to Edit an Adobe Form
Adobe forms, also known as PDFs, are frequently used to convey important data. You may find you need to make changes to an Adobe form at some point, and Adobe Acrobat 9 makes it easy to do so. Even Microsoft Word or Excel forms and scanned paper forms opened from Acrobat's new Forms Wizard are automatically converted to a PDF form document with editable fields. Virtually anyone can create, edit, save and distribute Adobe forms.
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Instructions
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Opening the Properties Dialog Box
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Select the File menu "Open" option and open a PDF form.
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Choose the Forms menu, "Add or Edit Fields" option to display the form in Form Editing mode. At the top of the Form Editing workspace are the "Selection," "Add New Field" drop-down menu, "Preview," "Distribute Form" and "Close Form Editing" icons.
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Double-click any type of field to open its "Properties" dialog box.
Editing the Adobe Form Fields
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Click the "General" tab on the "Properties" dialog box. Enter or edit the name of the field and the tooltip. Edit any other common properties, as desired.
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Select the "Appearance" tab. Choose a border and fill color. Scroll to the "Text" section and select a font type, font size and text color. Choosing the Auto font size changes the font size to fit the text box as the user types.
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Select the "Options" tab to edit the default values in the field. The options on this tab change depending on the type of field being edited.
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Select the "Actions" tab to add or edit actions. This includes allowing users to jump to another field, playing a media clip or opening a website.
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Highlight the "Format" tab and click the "Select Format Category" drop-down box. This allows edits to numbers, percentages, dates, times and special options like ZIP codes, Social Security numbers and phone numbers. This tab is only available for the "Text" or "Combo Box" types of fields.
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Select the "Validate" tab and apply specific formatting options that limit the types of entries users can enter in a field, such as lower-case letters rather than upper- and lower-case letters. This tab is only available for the "Text" or "Combo Box" types of fields.
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Select the "Calculate" tab to define mathematical values in the desired field. This tab is only available for the "Text" or "Combo Box" types of fields.
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Tips & Warnings
Selecting any field, clicking the right mouse button and choosing "Properties" from the Contextual menu also displays the "Properties" dialog box in Windows. Pressing the "Control" key and the mouse button simultaneously displays the Contextual menu and the "Properties" option.
The "Properties" dialog box that opens is determined by the type of field selected. For example, if you choose a "List" field, the "List Box Properties" dialog box opens. If you select a "Text" field, the "Text Field Properties" dialog box opens.
References
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Comments
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From Adobe: "Note: The highlighted item in the Item List box appears as the default selected item in the combo box or list box field. To change the default item, highlight another item from the list." My question is how do you get the list to appear with NO default selected?
