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Setting Form Field Properties
The Form Properties panel shows only the settings relevant to the selected form
field. Click any form field to see its settings and attributes in the Form Properties
panel.
Settings That Apply to All Form Fields
This is the full list of settings common to all form fields. The availability of properties
may vary depending on the type of a form field (e.g. the property
General /
Required
applies to fillable form fields only).
General
Name:
Name used to define the field.
Tool tip:
Yellow help text that appears when someone moves the cursor over the
field while viewing the ready form in a PDF viewer.
Form Field:
A form field can be
Visible
,
Hidden
,
Visible but doesn’t print
or
Hidden but Printable
.
Orientation:
You can rotate your form fields by 0, 90, 180 or 270 degrees
relative to its default orientation (0 degrees).
Read Only:
Select this option to prevent accidental change of form fields by
users.
Required:
Select if filling the field should be compulsory for those submitting the
form.
Locked:
Select this option to lock the form field size and position.
Appearance
Use these properties to design your form fields visually.
Overwrite:
To display bar codes in your combo box, choose
Barcode 39
under
Overwrite and name your items using capital letters and numbers.
Border Color, Line Width, Line Style
are settings for the field border.
Fill Color:
Background color for the field.
Font Name, Font Size, Font Color
are settings for text labels.
Actions
Click the
Set Action
item to show the Set Form Action dialog box where you can
select a Trigger event and its associated action. See
Settings Actions
for more
information.
Settings for Special Form Field Types
You can access these additional settings under Options in the Form Properties panel
whenever one of the following types of form fields are selected.
