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Radio buttons allow users to make a single choice from several options, such as in answers to multiple choice questions:
Figure 1. Example Radio Buttons
The functionality of PDF-XChange Editor enables a wide range of dynamic customization for radio buttons, as detailed below. Click the dropdowns for further information:
1. Click Edit Form, then click the Radio Button icon in the Form Toolbar (these locations are highlighted in the image below). A blue square will be displayed at the location of the pointer. This square represents the radio button:
Figure 2. Active Radio Button Tool
2. Move the square to the desired location and then click to add the radio button to the document. (Use the editing aids detailed here to assist in the precise placement of radio buttons). Added radio buttons appear as below:
Figure 3. Added Radio Buttons
•Click and drag the yellow control points to resize radio buttons. •Use the options in the Properties Toolbar to determine the style and appearance of radio buttons: •Fill Color determines the color used to fill radio buttons. •Stroke Color determines the border color of radio buttons. •Border Style determines the style of radio button borders. •Border Width determines the width of radio button borders. •Text Color determines the color of the mark when radio buttons are selected. •Properties launches the Widget Properties pane, which enables the customization of additional elements of radio buttons.
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The following example will detail how to create a radio button list of countries:
1. Click Edit Form, then click the Radio Button and Keep Mode icons in the Form Toolbar (these locations are highlighted in the image below):
Figure 6. Radio Button Creation Tool
2. Press Ctrl+' to enable the grid in order to assist in the accurate placement of radio buttons, then click to place radio buttons in the document:
Figure 7. Adding Radio Buttons
The next step is to add text box labels for the radio buttons:
3. Click Commenting, then click the Text Box tool in the submenu:
Figure 8. Commenting Toolbar, Text Box Tool Selected
4. Click Keep Selected (highlighted in the image below) in the Properties Toolbar, then click to add text boxes and enter the names of the desired countries:
Figure 9. Added Text Box Labels
The next step is to remove the default borders of the text boxes, as they do not look ideal for this document:
5. Click Commenting, then click Edit Comments in the submenu:
Figure 10. Commenting Toolbar, Edit Comments Selected
6. Group-select the text boxes, then click Stroke Color in the Properties Toolbar and select white:
Figure 11. Properties Toolbar, Stroke Color
7. Press Ctrl+' to disable the grid. The radio button list is then complete. Click the Hand Tool to select an option as desired:
Figure 12. Completed Radio Button List |