Have a form I turned into a pdf and edited. This form has lines where text needs to be entered but can't figure out how to allow users to type on pre-formatted lines with out them having to tab from one text field to the next? I tried using the text box tool in the mark up section but the box is in red and doesn't look very professional. Can I remove the formatted lines once the pdf has been created? Am very new to Acrobat using Acrobat9 Any help is greatly appreciated. Rhiannon
Sometimes I get print forms from out form designer that I need to make interactive that contain areas where users who are filling out the form by hand have rules they use as guides in fillling out the information. Since the form is now going to be interactive the rules don't need to be there. There are a couple of things I might do.
1. If I can get away with removing the rule I sometime use the Touchup Object Tool to click on the rules and delete them. Then I draw a text field and set it's properties to be multiline. Sometimes I can give a multiline text field a white fill color that covers up the rules.
2. Now and then I get a form that is supposed to be filled out by hand or electronically. In that case I use use a multiline text field that has a white fill then I use some JavaScript that determines when the form is printed if this multiline field has a value in it. If if doesn't then the fill color of the field is set to transparent and the form prints out with the ruled lines otherwise if there is data in the field then the white remains and form is printed without the ruled lines.
In any event you wouldn't want to use a text box from the comment tools to make a form.
StevenD