Adobe 62000236 Extended User Guide - Page 227

USING ACROBAT 9 PRO EXTENDED 221 Forms More Help topics "Tracker overview" on page 159 "Distribute (send) forms to recipients" on page 199 Filling in forms Is the form fillable? Not all forms are fillable. Sometimes form creators don't convert their PDFs to interactive fillable forms. Or, they intentionally design a form that you can fill in only by hand. These non-interactive forms are called flat forms. Flat fillable forms (three variations) Flat form in browser (no Typewriter tool) A D Interactive fillable form B E F C 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. Last updated 9/30/2011