Forms tab
Use the settings on the Forms tab to create forms with elements and fields to be filled in by users.
Fillable Form group
Form Typer:
This application detects form-like objects in static
PDF forms and overlays active form controls that you can post-edit.
Form Elements group
Select a form control and define the page area where it should be inserted. When the dialog box appears, set preferences related to the format and behavior of the form control.
Button Tool: Insert a button control; provide a button label and/or icon, and set an action to
perform when the button is clicked.
Text Field Tool: Insert a text box where a respondent can enter free text or select pre-defined
values such as numbers, currencies, dates, zip codes, telephone numbers, and more. Numeric field values entered by respondents can
be validated or calculated. A comb box is a special type of text field designed to accept only one character per space.
Check Box Tool and
Radio Button Tool: These are two-state controls. When check boxes appear in a group, they can be
selected or deselected independently one from another. When radio buttons are grouped and each control has the same Field Name, a
respondent can select only one button in the group.
List Box Tool and
Combo Box Tool: A List Box allows a respondent to select an option from a list. Define the options
and their order when the control is placed. A Combo Box is similar, but the respondent can either select a supplied option or type
in different text.
Digital Signature Tool: Place a form control where a respondent can provide a digital signature;
define options to apply when a signature is inserted.
Fields group
Set Field Calculation Order: Set the order in which numerical values should be calculated from text
fields specified for calculation. This tool becomes active only when at least one such control exists; practically it becomes
useful only when at least three
calculate
fields exist.
Highlight Fields: Make form fields easier to notice, both when designing and when filling forms.
Highlight colors are set at
for standard and required fields.
Reset Fields: Remove text responses from form controls but retain the controls. This tool also
clears all check box and radio button controls and removes selections from list and combo boxes.
Set Tab Order: Click the tool, double-click in the field to be first, and then click in each
subsequent field. Click the Hand tool to finish renumbering.
Data group
Import/Export Data:
Import/export data from/to the .xfdf, .fdf,
.htm or .txt file formats; export data from multiple files.