(I'm using Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.0.)
1. Is there any coordinate system available? I'm creating multiple checkboxes on a page (like twenty of them), and I want to make absolutely sure they're lined up perfectly. As it is now I have to zoom in at like 400% and eyeball it. If I had a coordinate system available, I could at least see that, for example, checkbox12 has a Y-coordinate of 297 and checkbox14 also has a Y-coordinate of 297, so I know for a fact that they're perfectly lined up.
2. In order to ensure that my checkboxes are exactly the same size, I usually create one checkbox, adjust its height and width to my liking, and then Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V when I want to create more and more checkboxes of the same size in my document. Unfortunately, this also has the added annoyance that all the pasted checkboxes are linked together (so checking one checks them all). So now I have to go to Forms --> Add or Edit Fields and rename every single one of my pasted checkboxes. Is there a way to turn this check-one-and-you've-checked-them-all feature off by default?
3. Is there a way to change the default values of textboxes created by the Form Wizard? When I run the Form Wizard and textboxes are automatically created:
• I don't want any Tooltips on any of the textboxes.
• I want the Font Size for all textboxes to be 10.
• I want the Font for all textboxes to be Times Roman.
4. Can someone PLEASE point me to a tutorial to help me out with this stuff? I get the feeling that I would be a lot less annoyed if I just knew the right ways to do these things.
Several questions about forms from a newbie.
2010-11-23 17:48:30
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
2010-11-23 23:58:12
#2
Sorry for the formatting craziness of that last post. It seems out of my control.
a. Use the grid and snap-to feature. To display the grid, select "View > Grid". For snap-to, select "View > Snap to Grid". To set up the grid, select: Edit > Preferences > Units and Guides > Layout Grid.b. Which brings us to guides. To create guides to which fields gently snap-to when moved near, display the rulers (View > Rulers, or CTRL+R) and drag a guide from either the vertical or horizontal ruler. You can add as many guides as you need.c. Right-click on a field in form editing mode or with the Select Object tool active, and use "Align, Distribute, or Center", "Set Fields to Same Size", or "Place Multiple Fields". Each of these are things you should become familiar with as they will help with what you're trying to do.
d. You can also create field programmatically with JavaScript, which I'll sometimes to if I need precise positioning or for other reasons. For a good tutorial, see: http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/PDFBlog/pdfblog_25.pdf
You can also alter the position of existing fields via scripting by manipulating the "rect" field property: http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/JS_API_AcroJS.88.718.php
e. Also, if you select "View > Cursor Coordinates" it will display a somewhat helpful indication of the selected field's dimensions and the current cursor coordinates.3. No, you don't have control over what the Form Wizard does.
4. Thom Parker has a lot of forms related tutorials right here and on his site http://www.pdfscripting.com. Also see Don Story's other tutorials like the one linked to above at his blog: http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/pdfblog.php