User manual

Setting Forms preferences
To control various aspects of your interaction with form fields, use the Forms preferences.
Note: These preferences aren't saved with a PDF form. The Forms preferences affect only
how Acrobat handles forms that you open.
To set Forms preferences:
1. Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat > 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
Adobe Reader, select that option.
● To display the appearance of a form field when creating or editing forms, select Show
Field Preview When Creating Or Editing Form Fields.
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 Completing fields
automatically.