
Acrobat 9 Family of Products
Authoring Signable Documents
Security Feature User Guide
Changing the Default Field Appearance 60
4.3.4 Changing the Default Field Appearance
The default appearance of a blank signature field is a light blue box with no borders that performs no
action on signing. These defaults can be changed globally so that all future signature fields will have a
custom appearance and action.
To change signature field defaults:
1. Only the attributes on the Appearance and Actions tab can be set as defaults for future fields.
Customize a field as described in the following.
Customizing Field Appearances
Specifying a Post-Signing Action
2. Choose
Close
.
3. Right click on the field.
4. Choose
Use Current Properties as New Defaults
.
4.3.5 Cut, Copy, and Paste Signature Fields
The forms field context menu provides a number of editing items, including options for cutting, copying,
pasting, and deleting.
To perform an edit action on a field:
1. Place the field in edit mode by selecting
Forms > Add or Edit Fields
.
2. Right click on the field.
3. Choose
Edit
.
4. Choose
Cut, Copy, Paste, or Delete
(
Figure 50
).
Figure 50 Signature field: Edit options
4.3.6 Arranging Signature Fields
While you can drag and drop fields anywhere, the field context menu provides a number of options for
arranging multiple fields such as aligning, centering, and distributing fields.