I am currently changing all my boxes in indesign to lines for conversion to Acrobat pro 8 as Run Form field recognition seems to work best with lines. Does Acrobat Pro 9 have a more up to date feature with regard to this? or do I just edit all 200+ forms in indesign and bring to acrobat Pro 8 so form field recognition will work??. Ahhhh!
Can I ask you a few questions which I can't seem to find the answer for:-
a) In text field properties, under General/name, do I have to enter a name in here every time as it is very time consuming?
b) Our applicaiton forms change regularily, would I have to re-insert the fields manually everytime a form changed because I would have to alter it in indesign, then pdf it again? Is there a way to update a pdf with the fields attached instead of me having to go through the entire document again, fixing the fields, name tags etc again. Basically upload the new pdf into the old one, keeping the fileds attached as sometimes it may only be a percentage figure that changes?
c) We have to be able to save the forms onto our clients desktops, which acrobat help explains, go to Advanced>Enable usage Rights in advober Reader and that is it. A colleague of mine, who was on Acrobat 5 Pro couldn't 'save as', she could only save which we don't want, don't want the changes saved? Is there a way to 'save as'?
d) how do I insert a print button, can't find it anywhere, unlike Adobe LiveCycle which was obvious?
Thansk for any help yet again, new to all this so your help is much appreciated.
a. Text Field names are determined from text labels inside of a box, or to the left or above the text box.
b. You can use the Replace pages command to keep the form fields intact.
c. Reader enabling shouldn't affect Save As. Was this in a browser?
d. You can create a Print button using the button form field and setting and Action that executes a menu item (print).
Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.