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Click the Appearance tab, and select attributes for the form field. For more information,
see
“Setting appearance options” on page 151
.
6
To specify an action for your form field, click the Actions tab, and select a mouse
behavior. Then select Add, specify an action, and select Set Action. For more information,
see
“Setting action options” on page 152
.
You can select any combination of mouse behaviors for a field. Mouse Up is the most
common button behavior, and Mouse Up is the default appearance. You can specify any
combination of actions for a mouse behavior, although no more than 10 are recom-
mended.
7
Select the hand tool
to display the finished form field.
Note:
You cannot create a form field on top of an annotation. For information on moving
an annotation, see
“Editing comments” on page 139
.
To undo or redo a change:
Choose Edit > Undo or Edit Redo. The name of the change operation appears next to the
menu option.
To spell check a form:
1
Choose Tools > Spelling > Edit Dictionary and choose the language dictionary you want
to use from the Language pop-up menu.
2
Choose Tools > Spelling > Check Form Fields and Comments.
3
Click Start to begin the spell check.
A text string containing an unrecognized word appears in the Not in Dictionary field.
Suggested corrections appear in the Suggested Corrections field.To edit the word, do one
of the following:
•
Edit the highlighted word in the Not in Dictionary section. To undo your change, click
Undo Edit. To accept your change, click Change.
•
Double-click to select a correction from the list of suggestions.
•
Click Ignore if you don’t want to change the unrecognized word, and want to continue
with the check.
•
Click Ignore All to ignore every instance of the unrecognized word.
•
Click Add if you want to add the word to your personal dictionary. The Edit Dictionary
dialog box appears, allowing you to customize your dictionary by adding or removing
words.
•
Click Change to replace the unrecognized word with the one in the Suggested Correc-
tions section.
•
Click Change All to replace every instance of the unrecognized word with the one in the
Suggested Corrections section.
4
Click Done when you are finished with the spell check.
To set spelling preferences:
1
Choose > Edit > Preferences > General and choose Spelling from the list on the left.
2
Select Underline misspelled words to have Acrobat underline any unrecognized words
as you type in a form field.