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To set appearance options in the Field Properties dialog box:
Choose the following options:
The Border panel sets the border color, background color, width, and style. Click a color
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box to select a color from the Color dialog box.To specify a custom color, see
the custom color option" on page
The Text panel sets the text color, font, and size for text typed into the form field.The
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Auto option under Size specifies a font's vertical size on a text line, button, radio button,
check box, or combo box. It adjusts the text size (to a minimum of 4 points) to fit the
text area. If the text exceeds the text space, another line is added. If Do Not Scroll is
selected, you can enter only as much text as will fit into the initial text area, and no extra
lines are added. List boxes automatically adjust the text to fit the form field. If there are
multiple lines of text in a field, resize the text (using anywhere from 12- to 4-point text),
so all text in the string is visible.
Read Only specifies whether or not the text field can be modified by the user.
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Required specifies that the user must fill in this field before data can be submitted.
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Form Field Is specifies whether the field is Visible, Hidden, Visible but doesn't print, or
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Hidden but printable.The Hidden but printable option can be used to create a
watermark on a document that prints (when the document is printed), but otherwise is
not visible.
To set appearance options in the General Properties dialog box:
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > General, and choose Forms from the list on the left.
2 To highlight fields when they are selected, select Highlight Form Fields and indicate a
color for the highlighting.
3 To indicate the field in focus, select Show Focus Rectangle.
Setting action options
You can specify different actions to occur for a form field, depending on the behavior of
the mouse over the field. Acrobat also lets you assign a custom action that is activated
when a user changes selections in a list box. For example, you can play a sound or display
an image as the user switches between items.
To specify action options:
1 Click the Actions tab in the Field Properties dialog box.
2 Select a mouse behavior that will trigger an action:
Mouse Up specifies releasing the mouse button.This is the most common button
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action, because it gives the user one last chance to drag the cursor off the button and
not register the selection.
Mouse Down specifies pressing the mouse button.
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Mouse Enter specifies moving the mouse into the field boundaries.
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Mouse Exit specifies moving the mouse out of the field boundaries.
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On Focus specifies moving into the field boundaries, through either a mouse action or
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tabbing.
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