Nitro PDF Professional User Guide

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Nitro PDF Professional User Guide
1. Open the PDF in Nitro PDF Professional.
2. On the Form ribbon tab, click Push Button .
3. On the page, drag the pointer where you want the button to appear.
4. Name the field resetForm and set General and Appearance properties.
5. Select Layout in the Options properties and select Label only. Click the Label field and enter Reset
Form.
6. Click Select Action and select Reset a form from the drop down menu.
7. Click Add and do one of the following:
· Click Deselect All. Press Control and click each field you want to clear, if the number of fields to
clear are fewer than the total number of fields in the list.
· Click Select All. Press Control and click each field you want to eliminate from clearing data, if the
number of fields to clear are greater than the total number of fields you don’t want to clear
8. Click OK.
12.9 Submitting form data
If you want data to be submitted to a URL or email address, you should create a submit button. If you
submit data to a URL, be aware that you need server-side programming to collect and route data. When
emailing data you have several options for including and excluding certain form field data.
To create a submit button:
1. Open the PDF in Nitro PDF Professional.
2. On the Form ribbon tab, click Push Button .
3. On the page, drag the pointer where you want the button to appear.
4. Name the field submitForm, and then set General and Appearance properties.
5. Select Layout in the Options properties and select Label only. Click the Label field and enter
Submit Form.
6. In the Actions tab, click Select Action and select Submit a form from the drop down menu.
7. Click Add and then click the Submit to list to choose the submission method.
8. Select the fields. Click All Fields or Only Fields, and click Select fields to select the fields you want
to submit. Check the boxes for Include No Value Fields and/or Convert Dates to Standard Format
if desired.
9. Click OK.
12.10 Showing/Hiding fields
You can select fields individually, and show or hide them in the General properties, or you can write
JavaScripts to show and hide fields. As another option, you can create a button and set the button action to
show and hide fields.
To show/hide fields:
1. Open the PDF in Nitro PDF Professional.
2. On the Form ribbon tab, click Push Button .
3. On the page, drag the pointer where you want the button to appear.
4. Name the field and then set General and Appearance properties.
5. In the Options tab, select Layout and select Label only. Click the Label field and enter
Show/Hide Fields.
6. In the Actions tab, click Select Action and select Show/Hide Fields from the drop down menu.
7. Do one of the following:
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