Nitro PDF Professional User Guide

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Nitro PDF Professional User Guide
Forms preferences
The forms preferences give you extra control over how you work with PDF forms. Preferences include:
· Automatically calculate field values. A PDF form containing many complex and interdependent form
calculations can affect how well a PDF viewer performs. If you use this kind of form regularly, or know
you're about to fill in such a form, consider turning off this preference.
· Highlight form fields. A PDF form can be difficult for people to use as it is not always visibly clear what
areas of the file must be filled in. When this preference is turned on, each time a form is opened in Nitro
Pro, all form fields will display using the background color specified here. In addition, for form fields that
must be filled in, you can specify a different color.
· Double click form field opens. There are two different ways when designing forms to get to the key
properties and appearance settings: firstly via the Properties context ribbon, and secondly via the
Properties dialog. This preference allows you to choose which method you will use when you double click
on a form field to edit it.
To edit form preferences:
· Click the Nitro PDF Button and then click Nitro PDF Preferences.
· Click Forms and update your preferences.
· Click OK.
12.1 Filling forms
Nitro PDF Professional includes all the all the tools you need for filling, saving, printing and submitting PDF
forms.
Tip: When you open your form in Nitro Pro, the Information bar (above the document pane
area) will appear, letting you know that the file contains form fields. To show you where the
form fields are, all fields are highlighted with a colored background.
To print a form:
· Click the Nitro PDF Button , and then click Print .
To email a form:
· Click the Nitro PDF Button , move the pointer to the Send slide out option, and then click Email.
12.2 Designing forms
The form creation tools are all located on the Form ribbon tab in Nitro PDF Professional. To create a field
you select one of the form tools and drag open a rectangle marquee to define the field size. When you
release the mouse button the field icon appears as a rectangle for all field types with the exception of the
radio button field appearing as a circle.
Nitro Pro includes a unique the tool that lets you save your form field appearance settings. For example, if
you regularly use several different styles of push buttons (colors, styles, borders, etc.), you can add these to
the Appearance gallery and reuse them for future forms. (See the Reusing form field appearance settings
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