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I am using Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional and Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8.0. I am trying to figure out how to change colors (font or background) on the values in my drop down box (if this is possible). For example, say my 4 drop down values are: yes, no, N/A, and see report. If someone selects "no," I'd like that no to be red so it sticks out on the form as an item that needs attention. Can I color those values in LiveCycle or somehow conditionally format it so the text or field background changes color? I'm relatively new to these programs. Thank you!
Unless someone else knows a way, I think your best bet is to find a way to use your menu to manipulate a text field, which you can control, and then hide the menu if possible/necessary
Will your forms always be printed or electronic only?
For printing, I would:
make a text field beneath the dropdown, populate the text field with the choice from the menu by either: 1. naming the same name and choosing global binding, or 2. JavaScript in the change event. Set the dropdown menu presence to visible (screen only). You should be able to change the font and background colors in your "twin" box which will show through since the actual menu on top will not print
For screen:
I'm not sure the method above will work, but you could try adapting it by changing field visibility to hide choices that did not apply (although if you hide the dropdown menu, it makes it impossible for them to change their mind afterwards.
you could have a pair of radio buttons at the top of the page show all menus for filling out the form, then hide all menus for submitting once done, leaving only your colorful "twin" text fields