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How to make fillable boxes in pdf form mandatory?

gracieg
Registered: Dec 10 2010
Posts: 1

Hi,
 
I am interested in how to make a pdf form that doesn't allow the user to skip certain fillable boxes. I've created the form in InDesign, have Acrobat 9 Pro, and use a Mac. Is there javascript I can use to do this?
 
The final forms are typically filled in, then printed, signed, and sent in via snail-mail. (and some of the users are leaving important boxes blank)
 
I'm fairly new to creating these types of forms--can anyone help me?
 
thanks very much!

gracieg

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Macintosh
Dimitri
Expert
Registered: Nov 1 2005
Posts: 1389
Hi gracieg,

This is a popular one asked quite a lot. If you search in the top search bar for "make fields mandatory" you get lots of hits with dicussion and scripts for doing that-
Make Fields Mandatory Search ResultsHope this helps,

Dimitri
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