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digital signature fields issues; excel to .pdf form

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2011-02-02 14:46:53
ab2011
Registered: Feb 2 2011
Posts: 1

Hi, I'm creatig a form by importing a file from Excel 2007 (w/form Wizard) on Acrobat 9.0 Pro and would like to know if there is a way for Acrobat to automatically know that I want some fields to be dates, others to be text, and others to be digital signatures. Is there some code or special text I can put in the Excel file spreadsheet cells so Acrobat will know I want I certain type of form field? It recognizes what areas I want as form fields with no problem, but I have to manipulate them to date/text/etc. Also, the major issue is the digital signature fields: I cannot toggle the form fields that Acrobat automatically creates into digital signature fields and when I try to just insert such a field, the alignment is way off. I've fiddled with modifying the properties of the form fields it automatically creates (Properties \ Format \ Custom format: Custom Format Scripts and Custom Keystroke Script) but cannot make it into a digital signature field. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks, A

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
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2011-02-02 17:39:36
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gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
Pretty hard to tell what format a field should take. The form wizard is very limited and in most cases requires the user to edit the crated form fields so groups of buttons and check boxes will work properly, adjust formats as needed and possibly rename fields so more complex scripting techniques will make programing easier, for example hierarchical field naming.

You might want to look at the power and features of OpenOffice.Org.

I have always found Excel to be a poor tool for creating forms.

George Kaiser

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