Forms tab
Use the settings on the Forms tab to create forms with elements and fields to be filled in by users.
To find tools on tabs, see "Ribbon, tabs and panels" or use the search box in the Help menu.
FormTyper tool
FormTyper: This application detects form-like objects in static PDF
forms and overlays active form controls that you can post-edit.
Form Element tools
Select a form control and define the page area where it should be inserted. When the dialog box appears, set options 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.
Barcode Tool: Place a barcode. On the Options page of
the Barcode Properties dialog box, select symbology (PDF417,
QR Code, or Data Matrix).
Field tools
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 tools
Import/Export Data: Import/export data from/to the .xfdf, .fdf, .htm or .txt file formats;
export data from multiple files.