Nitro PDF Professional User Guide
Nitro PDF Professional User Guide
Nitro PDF Professional User Guide
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12.6 Reusing form field appearance settings<br />
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<strong>Nitro</strong> <strong>PDF</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> includes a unique tool that allows you to save the appearance properties used on a<br />
form field -- including colors, border and line style -- and reuse it to apply to future form fields. All the<br />
'appearances' you create appear in the Properties context tab.<br />
How to create a form field appearance:<br />
1. Create a form field using the appearance settings you would like to save and then select it.<br />
2. On the Properties context tab, in the Appearance group, click the down arrow .<br />
3. Click Save Selection as New Appearance.<br />
4. Name the appearance.<br />
5. Click OK.<br />
How to apply a form field appearance:<br />
1. Select the form field(s) to apply the appearance to.<br />
2. On the Properties context tab, in the Appearance group, click the appearance to use.<br />
12.7 Importing and exporting form data<br />
You can export data from forms and <strong>Nitro</strong> <strong>PDF</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> exports the data in a FDF (form data format).<br />
An exported data file is much smaller than a <strong>PDF</strong> document. You can email an FDF file to another user who<br />
can import the data in a <strong>PDF</strong> file, or you can use FDF files locally and import data into your forms. When<br />
you import data into a <strong>PDF</strong> file, the file must have the exact same name fields (including case sensitivity) as<br />
were named in the file exporting the data. <strong>Nitro</strong> <strong>PDF</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> ignores all field data where the field<br />
names do not match between the form exporting the data and the form importing the data.<br />
To export data from a <strong>PDF</strong> document:<br />
1. Open the <strong>PDF</strong> in <strong>Nitro</strong> <strong>PDF</strong> <strong>Professional</strong>.<br />
2. On the Form ribbon tab, in the Form Data group, click Export .<br />
3. Type a name for the file.<br />
4. Click Save.<br />
To import data into a <strong>PDF</strong> document:<br />
1. Open the <strong>PDF</strong> in <strong>Nitro</strong> <strong>PDF</strong> <strong>Professional</strong>.<br />
2. On the Form ribbon tab, in the Form Data group, click Import .<br />
3. Select the file to import.<br />
4. Click Open.<br />
12.8 Resetting form data<br />
One of the more common buttons you create on <strong>PDF</strong> forms is a button that permits a user to clear<br />
populated fields. This is a handy button for users when they need to start over filling in a form. <strong>Nitro</strong> <strong>PDF</strong><br />
<strong>Professional</strong> also has a Reset button in the ribbon for when a form doesn’t include the button.<br />
To reset form data:<br />
1. Open the form in <strong>Nitro</strong> <strong>PDF</strong> <strong>Professional</strong>.<br />
2. On the Form ribbon tab, in the Form Data group, click Reset .<br />
To create a reset button: