Nitro PDF Professional User Guide

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