Not all forms are fillable. These non-interactive forms are called flat forms. Purple message bar indicates presence of fillable fields. When clicked, shows where fillable fields exist. If necessary, right-click the document, and select either the Hand Tool or the Select Tool from the pop-up menu.
The pointer changes to a different icon as you move it over a field. For example, the Hand tool changes to an I-beam when you can type text into the form field. Some text fields are dynamic, meaning that they automatically resize to accommodate the amount of data you enter and can span across pages. Optional To make form fields easier to identify, click the Highlight Existing Fields button on the document message bar. Form fields appear with a colored background light blue by default , and all required form fields are outlined in another color red by default.
When finished, click the submit button to either send the data to a server or create an email to send the data. The submit button can appear in the purple message bar at the top of the form or in the form content. For troubleshooting tips on completing forms, see Troubleshooting forms. A flat form does not have interactive fields. For instructions, see Fill out your PDF form.
A common way to view a PDF form is in a web browser, for example, when you click a link on a website. Save the form on your computer, and then open it directly in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. The Auto-Complete feature stores any entries that you type in an interactive form field.
Auto-Complete then suggests or even automatically enters responses that match your typing in other form fields. The suggestions appear in a pop-up menu, from which you can select a match. The Auto-Complete feature is off by default, so you must enable it in the forms preferences if you want to use it. To remove an entry from the Auto-Complete memory, such as a misspelled entry that you found and corrected later, edit the list in the preferences.
The forms preferences apply to the way the application handles open forms as you work. Under Auto-Complete , choose Basic or Advanced from the menu. Also, users can create both fillable and non-fillable forms without much effort. Tap the PDFelement icon to run the program and access the primary interface. It will open the file directory window to allow you to select the target PDF form. You should see a notification at the top of the page that the form is interactive. This means it is a fillable form, and thus data can be entered without using other features.
This hand icon appears when you hover over a text field, radio button, and checkbox, among others. When you click on the text field, the I-cursor icon should appear.
You can then enter any text in the field. Not all forms are made to be fillable by the author. Fortunately, if it has not been made fillable also known as "flat" , there are multiple ways to fill it in.
To tell if a form is fillable, open it in a browser like Chrome or Edge. If you can click on the fields and type in information, the form is fillable. Need help creating, merging, or converting PDF files? Try wikiHow's PDF Toolkit , a free and easy-to-use custom tool to help you be more productive with your documents.
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