Acrobat 9 Family of Products
Authoring Signable Documents
Security Feature User Guide
Specifying General Field Properties 58
4.3.2 Specifying General Field Properties
A signature field’s general properties include name, tooltip, display behavior, and so on. For example, fields
are numbered sequentially and are associated with a generic tooltip. However, the field can be given a
unique name, provided with tooltip instructions for an eventual signer, and configured to display only in
the Signatures tab and not in the document.
Note:
You cannot edit these properties during signing workflows. An author must create a blank
signature field and edit the properties before initiating the signing process. Moreover,
invisible field properties cannot be edited.
To change a field’s general properties.
1. Create a new field.
Note:
For existing fields, place them field in edit mode by selecting
Forms > Add or Edit Fields
and then double click on them OR right click and choose
Properties
.
2. Display the General tab.
3. Configure the options:
Name
: Any arbitrary name.
Tooltip
: Any arbitrary text. It is required to make the document accessible to the visually impaired.
Form Field
: Set the field display properties.
Visible
: The field appears in the document, the Signatures tab, and prints.
Hidden
: The field only appears on the Signatures tab and doesn’t print.
Visible but doesn’t print
: The field appears in the document and Signatures tab but doesn’t
print.
Hidden but printable
: The field only appears on the Signatures tab and does print.
Orientation
: The field content (signature) orientation AFTER signing. The field does not change.
Read Only
: Prevents changes to the field. Selecting this option prevents signing.
Required
: Sets a flag that can be checked by other actions and processes that are dependent on the
signature. For details, see
“Making a Field a Required Part of a Workflow” on page 63
.
4. Edit the properties on the other tabs or choose
Close
.