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Tip : To constrain movement to a horizontal or vertical direction, begin dragging, and then press Shift while continuing to drag the selection. To move to a specific location, right-click the field and choose Properties. Then click the Position tab, and set the Position values. To move either horizontally or vertically in small increments, press the arrow keys to nudge the selected form field into position.

Additional pasted fields are offset from the previously pasted field. You can also right-click the field to which you want to align the other fields.

Choose Align , Distribute Or Center , and then choose a command as follows:. To align a column of fields, choose Align Left, Right, or Vertical. They align respectively to the left edge, right edge, or vertical axis center of the anchor form field. To align a row of fields, choose Align Top , Bottom, or Horizontally.

They align respectively to the top edge, bottom edge, or horizontal axis center of the anchor form field. To center the fields, choose Center Vertically , Horizontally, or Both. The Align menu commands move the other selected form fields to line up with the edges of the anchor form field. In the context of laying out form fields on a page, distributing means to give a group of form fields uniform spacing, measured from the centers of adjacent fields. The Distribute commands take precedence over the Snap To Grid command.

Note : The Distribute command at the bottom in the right hand pane has a different function. Use that command to send your form to others, who fill in the information and return the data to you.

In the right hand pane under Fields or the page view, select the form fields that you want to delete. Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy. User Guide Cancel.

Create form fields. After you convert your document to a PDF form, do one of the following:. Choose a form field from the toolbar.

Right-click the page and select a field. Your cursor becomes a crosshair, and displays a preview of the field. On the page, click where you want to add the field to create a field with the default size. To create a field using a custom size, drag a rectangle to define the size of the field. Lay out form fields on a grid. Use the form field properties to position the fields correctly.

Right-click the form field, and choose Properties. Copy a form field. Create a copy of a form field. Select the form field, and do one of the following:. To copy the form field and move it to another location on the page, Ctrl-drag it. If you want the field to be automatically populated with the data the user types into the original field, leave the name as is. If the copied field is for unique user information, rename it. Create multiple copies of a form field on a page.

Make the selections you want to apply:. If you want the fields to be automatically populated with the data the user types into the original field, leave the names as they are. If the copied fields are for unique user information, rename them. Duplicate a form field across multiple pages. Right-click the form field and choose Duplicate Across Pages. Do one of the following:. How do I use basic calculations in a PDF form?

The calculations like sum, product, average, minimum and maximum can be done using the predefined calculations. How to add a tooltip to a form field? Double-click a selected form field to open the Properties window. In the General tab, type a description into the tooltip box. How to create a flowable text field? Double-click a selected text field to open the Properties window. How to make a field required or not required? In the General tab, to make the field required, select Required.

To make the field optional, deselect Required. How to make a field read-only? In the General tab, select Read Only. How do I add a barcode form field? Click the Barcode icon in the toolbar and place it on your form. How do I add a date and time field? While you are preparing the form in Acrobat DC, click the Date field icon in the toolbar, and then click the location in the document where you want to place the field. How to publish or distribute a form. How do I send a PDF form for filling?

You can send or distribute your PDF form right from within Acrobat. Open the form and click Distribute. Choose how you want to collect the responses - in your email Inbox or on a server. See distributing PDF forms. Can I publish a PDF form online? Choose Sum to add the values entered in the selected fields, Product to multiply them, Average, Minimum, or Maximum.

Opens a dialog box with a list of the available fields in the form that you select to add or deselect to remove from the calculation. Simplified Field Notation. Uses JavaScript with field names and simple arithmetic signs. The Edit button opens a dialog box in which you can write, edit, and add scripts. Custom Calculation Script. Displays any custom scripts you have added for calculations.

The Edit button opens a dialog box in which you can write and add new JavaScripts. When you define two or more calculations in a form, the order in which they are carried out is the order in which you defined the calculations.

In some cases, you may need to modify the calculation order to obtain correct results. For example, if you wanted to use the result obtained from calculating two form fields to calculate the value of a third form field, the first two form fields must be calculated together first to obtain the correct final results.

The Calculate Fields dialog box displays all calculable fields in your form and the order in which the calculations are performed. To change the field calculation order, select the field from the list, and then click the Up or Down button as needed. Acrobat automatically performs all assigned field calculations when you are creating and testing your form fields. For convenience, while you work, you can turn off automatic calculation in the forms preferences. The Signed tab is available only in the Digital Signature Properties dialog box.

Selections made here determine what happens when the user applies a digital signature to the form. Nothing Happens When Signed. Mark As Read-Only. Prevents further changes to the digitally signed form, according to the selection in the pop-up menu:. All Fields Except These. Allows changes only to the form fields you select by clicking the Pick button and selecting check boxes for the fields that you want the user to be able to edit after signing.

Just These Fields. Activates a custom JavaScript when the user digitally signs the form. Use the Edit button to change or create a new JavaScript action. The Format tab appears in the Properties dialog box for only text form fields or dropdown form fields.

The options that are available depend on your selection in the Select Format Category pop-up menu. The Example of Current Format field displays a live preview of the settings. No additional options are available. The input in a text or dropdown box with this property does not require any specific formatting.

Decimal Places. Separator Style. Currency Symbol. Symbol Location. Sets the location of the currency symbol in relation to the number. This field is enabled if a currency symbol is selected. Negative Number Style. Sets how negative numbers are displayed. List includes one-, two-, and four-digit variations where d stands for the day, m stands for month, and y stands for year.

List includes display variations where h stands for the hour on a hour clock, H stands for the hour on a hour clock, MM stands for minutes, ss stands for the seconds, and tt stands for AM or PM. Phone Number. Social Security Number.

For a nine-digit U. Hyphens are inserted automatically after the third and fifth digits. Arbitrary Mask. Changes the format category to Custom and makes another text field available, in which you can type a custom format. Use this option to specify which types of characters the user can enter in any given position, and how the data displays in the field. Accepts spaces and most printable characters, including all characters available on a standard keyboard and ANSI characters in the ranges of 32— and — Makes additional options available to form designers who want to write their own JavaScripts for formatting and keystrokes.

For example, a custom script could define a new currency format or limit the user entry to specific keystroke characters. Custom Format Script. Displays any custom scripts you have added for formats. The Edit button opens a dialog box in which you can write and add new scripts. Custom Keystroke Script. Displays any custom scripts you have added to validate keystrokes. Validation properties restrict entries to specified ranges, values, or characters, ensuring that users enter the appropriate data for a specified form field.

Field Value Is Not Validated. Field Value Is In Range. Sets a numeric range for form fields using values you enter in either as a number or a percentage. Run Custom Validation Script.

Encode Using. Encodes the data into the barcode in standard XFDF format. JavaScript script is automatically generated.

Tab Delimited. Encodes the fields into the barcode as tab-delimited values. If the form is configured to output the data in individual XFDF or XDP files, the data must be in a tab-delimited format with the field names in the first line. This option is also useful if you want to fit more data into a barcode or if you intend to copy the data into database or spreadsheet tables. Opens a dialog box in which you select which user data fields will be encoded in the barcode for you to retrieve.

Include Field Names. Available only when Tab Delimited encoding is selected. Encodes field names as the first line of the barcode contents. The values are encoded under them. Displays the default script. Click the Edit button to open the JavaScript Editor dialog box, in which you can write custom calculation scripts for your barcode. Reference To published Form. Shows the path to the PDF form. You can edit this by typing in the URL to the published form. Later, you can re-create a digital version of the completed form by merging the form template with an instance of user-supplied data.

You can also maintain the relationship between a specific form template and its related barcode data files. When you encode a barcode using XML values, the URL reference is encoded into the barcode and is displayed on the form, below the barcode.

You can save, reuse, and share a set of custom settings for barcode parameters, to apply them when you create new barcode form fields. You can make further adjustments to your custom parameter sets after you define them. All of these processes begin by opening the barcode form field properties dialog box. To open the properties dialog box, double-click the barcode field. Select the existing parameter set that you want to use as the basis of the new set, and click New.

Type a name in the Name box and a description in the Description box. The newly defined parameter set appears in the list in the Manage Barcode Parameters dialog box, and all the buttons on the right side of the dialog box become available.

The new definition also appears in the Decode Condition menu in the Options tab of the Barcode Field Properties dialog box. Click Edit and make the changes to the settings; then click OK. Click Delete. Confirm the deletion in the message that appears by clicking OK. Select a barcode parameter set from the list and click Export. Select a location and file name for the file that has the file name extension.

After you change properties for a specific type of form field, you can set those properties as the default set for that type.

For example, you can create a checkbox, change its properties, and then save the properties as the default values. The default values can be only for Appearance and Size related attributes of the field. Properties for format related attributes like Date cannot be set as default. Right-click the form field for which you have already changed properties, and choose Use Current Properties As New Defaults. Changing the default properties does not change the settings for existing form fields of that type.

The new defaults apply only to new fields that you create. Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy. User Guide Cancel. About form field properties. These are: Locked When selected, prevents any further changes to any form field properties. Close Closes the form field Properties dialog box. Modify form field properties.

Open the Properties dialog box using one of the following methods:. Change the properties on each of the available tabs, as needed. The property is changed as soon as you select another property or press Enter.