I just used the Forms wizard to create a PDF form from a non-form PDF document. The The document had a number of Yes and No check boxes for various questions that were being posed. The forms wizard did its magic and converted all of these, but some of the yes/no it converted to a field type of "check box" and others it converted to a field type of "radio button".
So, I don't understand why the wizard would convert some to one type and others to another type but what I most want to know is how do I change the field type? I want all of them to be field type radio button, since I want the user to select only yes or only no in each instance.
So clicking on each field and going to properties shows me all kinds of parameters I can change but the actual type of the field doesn't appear to be something I can change. Is that hidden somewhere I am not seeing?
I would rather not delete the check box fields and then add them back as radio buttons, but its looking like that is what I will have to do.
This is in plain acrobat, not LCD.
Can anyone help me?
Changing Field Types
2011-03-10 18:04:16
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro Extended 9.4.2, Windows
Acrobat Pro Extended 9.4.2, Windows
2011-03-10 20:01:13
#2
Field types can be changed using Acrobat but… you must use Acrobat 5!
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2011-03-10 23:58:31
#3
I developed a script that is meant to help with situations just like that. Have a look here:
http://try67.blogspot.com/2010/10/acrobat-convert-form-fields-type.php
http://try67.blogspot.com/2010/10/acrobat-convert-form-fields-type.php
Form Field Recognition is great but not perfect. Typically you do have to do some manual field work after it is run. There is no built-in option to change field types- you aren't missing anything.
There is an article here by Lori Kassuba at AUC with tips on how to get the best results from FFR-
Designing Forms for Auto Field Detection in Adobe Acrobat
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Hope this helps,
Dimitri
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Dimitri Munkirs
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