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Editor-Icon Fields

 


 

Click Fields to open the Fields pane:

 

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Figure 1. View Tab Submenu. Other Panes, Fields

 

The Fields pane details and facilitates the editing of existing document form fields:

 

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Figure 2. Fields Pane

 

Enable the Edit Form feature (highlighted in the image above) then click fields in the Fields pane to select them in the document. Use the icons in the Fields pane to perform the following operations:

 

Click fields.rename.v7 to rename selected fields.

Click fields.properties.v7 to view/edit properties of selected fields. The Properties pane will open. This pane details the status of properties for selected form fields. The properties detailed depend on the format of selected fields. Comprehensive information on form fields and their properties is available here.

Click fields.options.v7 for fields options:

 

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Figure 3. Forms Options

 

Click Expand All/Collapse All to expand/collapse all fields.

Select either Alphabetical Order or Order by Pages as desired.

Select an options from the Tab Order submenu to determine the order in which fields are tabbed through with when the Tab key is used.

Click Rename to rename selected fields.

Click Calculation Order to determine the order of calculation when more than one form field in the document contains value calculation properties. See here for further information.

Click Properties to view/edit form properties. Please ensure that the Edit Form feature is enabled in order to view form properties, which are detailed here.

Click Show Full Fields Name to show/hide the full names of child fields in cases where forms are grouped according to name. The shared section of names is displayed when this option is enabled and hidden when it is disabled, as detailed below:

 

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Figure 4. Fields Pane, Show Full Fields Name Enabled

 

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Figure 5. Fields Pane, Show Full Fields Name Disabled

 

Please note that additional editing options are available for forms when they are selected in the active document. These options are detailed here.

 

The keyboard shortcut to show/hide the Fields pane is Ctrl+I.