If you have never created a text field in an Acrobat document this is the tip for you.
Follow the steps below to learn how to create a Text Field in Acrobat:
- Launch Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional.
- Open an existing PDF to which you would like to add your text field.
- Position your cursor in your open PDF where you would like to place your text field.
- Click and drag to the right to increase the size of your text field.
- Moving your mouse up and down simultaneously will also change the size of your text field.
- Once you have the your text field size to your liking, simply release your mouse button.
- The Text Field Properties dialog box will display.
- The General tab is where you will set the general settings.
- In the Name area, key in a name that is intuitive to you for your field.
- If you like, you can also key in a Tooltip that you would like to display as a tip when users are filling in the text field.
- The Text Field Properties dialog box will appear.
- Select the Appearance tab from the Text Field Properties dialog box.
- Click the boxes to the right of Border Color and Fill Color to set the color of the text field border and interior if you choose to do so.
- The Line Thickness and Line Style settings can be used if you select a border color to set the thickness and style of the border.
- The options in the Text section can be used to select Font Size, Text Color and Font.
- Click the Options tab in the Text Field Properties dialog box.
- Use the Alignment drop-down menu to select the alignment for text that is entered into your text field by the user.
- Use the Options in the bottom half to set the text field to be multi-line, scroll long text, allow rich text formatting, limit characters , or check spelling.
- Click on Close to close the Text Field Properties dialog box and return to your document.
Your previous choices will be reflected in your text field.
