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Two-fold Tabbing Troubles

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2008-09-23 10:47:25
jlight
Registered: Sep 9 2008
Posts: 14
Answered

This one may have an easy fix, but I'm new to Forms. I'm using Acrobat 9 Pro Extended and have created a form that is an online employment application, 5 pages long.

Because the form is a bit complicated (text fields, radio buttons, combo boxes and check boxes), I used manual tabbing and got everything just so-so. Then I pasted a logo in the top lefhand corner of page one, and allowed extended features in Adobe Reader.

When I open the Form in Adobe Reader version 8.1.2...

1. The tab sequence is no longer where I left it. It does not tab in the correct order.

2. After the last field at the bottom of the page, it sees the logo as a field that it needs to tab to and tabs back to the logo at the top of the page. (Which it doesn't do in Acrobat 9 Pro Extended.)

Does anyone know what I need to do to keep the tabbing order correct, and to keep Adobe Reader from seeing the logo as a field it needs to tab to?

Any advice would be deeply appreciated!!!

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro Extended 9.0, Windows
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2008-09-24 00:40:56
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maxwyss
Registered: Jul 25 2006
Posts: 255
Is the logo field set to read-only?

Max Wyss.
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2008-09-24 07:59:27
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jlight
Registered: Sep 9 2008
Posts: 14
Thanks for your response. Every time I paste the logo into the form, it pastes it in as a "stamp". When I look at the properties of the stamp, there isn't an option to make that stamp a read only.

Should I be inserting the logo some other way than cut and paste?

Thanks for your help!!!
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2008-09-24 16:30:55
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maxwyss
Registered: Jul 25 2006
Posts: 255
Cutting/pasting an image inserts it as a stamp or as an annotation (just like a comment).

What would be more suitable is to create a Button field with icon only settings, and set the logo as the icon. In this case, it will be and remain part of the field tabbing order, and if made read-only, the field could not be tabbed into.

Hope this can help.

Max Wyss.
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2008-09-25 13:00:10
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jlight
Registered: Sep 9 2008
Posts: 14
Thanks so much for the answer. It worked perfectly, and it looks great!!

I really, really appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day to help a struggling newbie.

You've made a difference today!
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2008-09-25 15:56:28
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maxwyss
Registered: Jul 25 2006
Posts: 255
Thanks for the flowers.



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