ADOBE READER 8
User Guide
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Note:
If the form author gave Reader users extended rights, the saved copy will include the entries you made in the form.
Otherwise, the saved copy will be blank.
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Print the form.
Clear a form in a browser
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Do either of the following:
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Select the reset form button, if one exists. You cannot undo this action.
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Quit the browser, and start again.
Note:
Clicking the web browser’s Reload or Refresh button, the Back or Go Back button, or following a link to another
page may not completely clear the form.
Clear unsaved form entries
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Choose File > Revert.
Change the Auto-Complete options
The Auto-Complete feature stores any entries that you type in a PDF form field, and then suggests or even automat-
ically enters responses that match your typing in other form fields. The suggestions appear in a pop-up menu, from
which you can select a match. The Auto-Complete feature is off by default, so you must enable it in the forms prefer-
ences if you want to use it.
If you want to remove an entry from the Auto-Complete memory—such as a misspelled entry that you found and
corrected later—you can edit the list in the preferences.
Enable the Auto-Complete feature
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Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or choose Reader > Preferences (Mac OS).
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Select Forms on the left.
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Under Auto-Complete, choose Basic or Advanced from the menu.
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Select Remember Numerical Data if you want the Auto-Complete memory to store numbers that you type into
forms.
When you select an option in the Auto-Complete menu, a description of how it affects the Auto-Complete behavior
appears in the text area below.
Delete an entry from the Auto-Complete memory
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Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or choose Reader > Preferences (Mac OS).
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Select Forms on the left.
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Click Edit Entry List.
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In the Auto-Complete Entry List dialog box, do one of the following, and then click Yes in the confirmation dialog box:
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To remove all of the entries, click Remove All.
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To remove some of the entries, select the entries and click Remove. (Shift-click to select multiple adjacent entries;
Ctrl-click /Command-click to select multiple nonadjacent entries.)
Summary of Contents for READER 8
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