Adobe ACROBAT READER 7.0 Manual page 75

Setting Forms preferences
To control various aspects of your interaction with form fields, use the Forms preferences.
To set Forms preferences:
1. Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Reader > Preferences (Mac OS), and
select Forms on the left.
2. To set the General forms preferences, select any of the following:
To automatically perform all field calculations upon user entry, select Automatically
Calculate Field Values.
To display which form field currently has the focus, select Show Focus Rectangle.
To retain forms data in the Internet browser, select Keep Forms Data Temporarily
Available On Disk.
To display a plus sign (+) indicating when text fields exceed the bounds specified when
the fields were created, select Show Text Field Overflow Indicator.
To hide the forms document message bar by default whenever a PDF form is opened in
Reader, select that option.
3. To set the Highlight Color forms preferences, do any of the following:
To display a black outline around a form field when you place the pointer over that form
field, select Show Border Hover Color For Fields.
If you want to change the color that appears in the background of all form fields when you
select Highlight Fields in a PDF form's Document Message Bar, click the Fields Highlight
Color button to select a color.
To display a particular color border around form fields that the form creator has made
required, click the button next to Required Fields Highlight Color, and select a color. The
color appears in required form fields only after you attempt to submit the form.
For information on using the Auto-Complete preferences, see
automatically.
Completing fields