(The other choice, Import a File from File System, allows you to Browse to find and select another PDF file to use for your form.) Click the Next button to move to the next step in the form-creation process. Click the Use the Current Document button to choose the currently open PDF file. The next dialog to appear is Step 1 of a four-step process that will identify and place form fields in your document. Note: You can manually create all of your form fields, but the New Form Assistant can speed up the process considerably. Click Continue to proceed with the forms-creation process. (Forms can also be created using PDF forms templates, spreadsheets, and even scanned documents.) Click Continue and a “Creating and Distributing Forms” message appears. In the dialog that appears, select Start With a PDF Document. Choose Forms>Create New Form from the Tasks Toolbar at the top of the document to begin the form-creation process. Make a copy of your PDF and open the copy in Acrobat. Tip: Keep any graphics in your form simple so you can compress them without fear of losing too much quality.ģ Check Optimize for Fast Web View for multi-page forms and click Export.
This preset is also a good choice if your forms have no graphics. In the Export Adobe PDF dialog, choose as the Adobe PDF Preset to make your form easy to send across the Internet. Be sure to leave adequate room horizontally and vertically to accommodate the length and size of the text you want used in your form.Ģ Įxport your page-layout document to Acrobat (File>Export), choosing Adobe PDF in the Format field, to create your Acrobat PDF document where you’ll add your interactive form fields. Acrobat easily recognizes underlined areas and checkbox icons so it can automatically create text-entry fields and checkable icons. (You can create a form in a word-processing application, but you’ll likely find it easier to position and edit your form components in a page-layout application such as InDesign.) Use underlined areas to designate your form’s text-entry fields, and checkboxes to designate choices to be checked. Fields that Acrobat can easily recognize are key to creating forms quickly, so you can save lots of time if you pay close attention to how you create the form in InDesign prior to exporting it as PDF document.ĭesign your form in InDesign or another page-layout application. Acrobat 8 offers easy-to-use tools and utilities for creating forms, including a new assistant that leads you through the process using a series of step-by-step dialogs.
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