Adobe 22020737 Acrobat X Pro Manual - Page 188

USING ACROBAT X PRO 182 Forms • To select individual form fields in different parts of the PDF page, Ctrl-click each form field. • To select all form fields in an area of the page, use the Select Object tool to drag a selection marquee around the area. • To deselect an individual form field, Ctrl-click that field. The field that is highlighted in dark blue and displays the border handles is the anchor. When you select multiple form fields by clicking, the last field selected is the anchor. When you use a marquee, the form field that was created first is the anchor. If you Ctrl-click to deselect the anchor, the form field located in the upper left of the selection becomes the new anchor form field. Resize and arrange form fields After you create form fields, you can rearrange, resize, or move them to give the page a cleaner, more professional look. To make adjustments in the layout of form fields, make sure that you are in editing mode (choose Tools > Forms > Edit). Resize a form field 1 Select the Select Object tool. 2 Select the form field that you want to resize. 3 Do any of the following: • To resize the field manually, click to select the form field, and then drag a border handle. Hold Shift and drag a corner handle to maintain the current aspect ratio of the form field. • To resize the field by one pixel, press Ctrl+Arrow key; to resize the fields by ten pixels, press Ctrl+Shift+Arrow key. Resize multiple form fields to match a selected form field 1 Select all the form fields that you want to resize. 2 Right-click the form field that you want the other selected form fields to match. Choose Set Fields To Same Size, and then select one of the following: Height Adjusts the heights without changing the widths. Width Adjusts the widths without changing the heights. Both Adjust all widths and heights to match. Move individual form fields You can move form fields by simply dragging them. For greater precision in less time, you can use special features that align them with each other, adjust the spacing between them, and center them on the page. 1 Using the Select Object tool, select one or more form fields that you want to move. 2 Do one of the following: • To move to an approximate location, drag the selected form fields to the new location. To constrain movement to a horizontal or vertical direction, begin dragging, and then press Shift while continuing to drag the selection. • To move either horizontally or vertically in small increments, press the arrow keys to nudge the selected form field into position. • To move the form field to the exact center of a page, choose Edit > Cut, navigate to the desired page, and then choose Edit > Paste. Last updated 10/11/2011