Operation Manual

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USING ACROBAT 9 STANDARD

Forms

Last updated 9/30/2011

Fillable forms visually differ from flat forms

A. Typewriter tool lets you type in flat forms. Here, the tool is available in purple message bar. B. Typewriter tool available in Tools menu.

C. Typewriter tool available from floating toolbar. D. Save form, then open in Acrobat and choose Typewriter tool in Tools menu. E. Purple

message bar indicates presence of fillable fields. F. When clicked, shows where fillable fields exist.

Flat fillable A flat form does not have interactive fields. However, you can use the Typewriter tool to type information

over blank form fields, and then print a copy of the completed form. In the free Reader, you can use the Typewriter

tool only if the creator of the form enabled it. You cannot enable the Typewriter tool from within Reader.

Flat form in browser (no Typewriter tool) If the purple message bar or Typewriter toolbar isn’t displayed, you cannot

fill in the form online. Save the form and open it directly in Acrobat. Then use the Typewriter tool to fill in the form.

Interactive fillable An interactive fillable form contains fields that you can select or fill in. In an interactive form, the

pointer changes to a different icon, depending the field. For example, the Hand

tool changes to an I-beam when

you can type text into the form field.

Fill in flat forms

The Typewriter tool provides a simple solution for filling out forms without interactive fields, called flat forms. The

text you add with the Typewriter tool is a form of commenting, and appears in the Comments list (Comments > Show

Comments List).

Note: Reader users can use the Typewriter tool only if the creator of the form enabled the use of the Typewriter tool for

that form.

1 Choose Tools > Typewriter > Typewriter.

2 Click a blank form field and type.

3 (Optional) Choose Tools > Typewriter > Show Typewriter Toolbar. Double-click to select typed text. Then use

these tools to change the color, size, or position of the typed text. For more information about the Typewriter tool

and toolbar, see

“Add text using the Typewriter tool” on page 287.

Flat form in browser (no Typewriter tool)Flat llable forms (three variations)

Interactive llable form