How to Create an Adobe 8.0 Writable Form Field

Included in Adobe Systems' Creative Suite of design products, Adobe Acrobat gives you the ability to view and create files using the company's Portable Document Format (PDF). The program also allows you to add customized form fields to PDFs, including check boxes, drop-down menus, list boxes, radio buttons, signature fields and text boxes. Thanks to its point-and-click interface, creating, formatting and placing a writable text box using Acrobat 8.0 requires just a few clicks once you know where to look.

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  Open your PDF file in Adobe Acrobat and navigate to the page where you want to insert a writable text box.

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  Click "Tools" in the top menu bar, select "Forms" and click "Text Field Tool."

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  Click anywhere on the page, hold your click, drag your cursor until the field reaches your preferred size and then release your click. The Text Field Properties window appears immediately.

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  Select a tab (e.g., "Appearance," "Options" or "Format") from the top of the Text Field Properties window to specify the corresponding preferences for the newly created form field.

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  Click "Close" to confirm your changes.

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  Hold your cursor over the form field until the cursor takes on an arrow shape. Click once, hold your click, drag the form field to your preferred location on the page and then release your click.

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  Click "File" in the top menu bar and select "Save" to confirm your changes.