How to Create an Adobe 8.0 Writeable Form Field

Adobe Acrobat allows you to view, create and make changes to documents saved in Adobe Systems' Portable Document Format (PDF). It includes a collection of form tools that give you the ability to add buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, drop-down menus and text fields with just a few clicks. Once you know how to access the application's Text Field Tool, creating and customizing a writable form field in Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional becomes a quick task.

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  Navigate to the page of the PDF document where you want to insert the writable form field.

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

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  Click anywhere on the page, hold your click, drag until the field reaches your preferred size and then release your click. The form field is generated within a few seconds and the Text Field Properties dialog box automatically appears on the screen.

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  Specify the appearance and behavior of the form field (e.g., border color, text alignment, validation criteria) by selecting from more than 30 settings within the Text Field Properties dialog box. Navigate to different sections of the dialog box by selecting the corresponding tab (e.g., "Appearance," "Validate") near the top of the box.

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  Click "Close" to confirm your choices.

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  Move your cursor over the newly created form field until the cursor shape transforms into an arrow. Once this occurs, click once on the field, hold your click, drag the field until it reaches your preferred position 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.