Comments on: Converting Adobe Designer forms to Acrobat PDF Forms http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/ Ted Padova's Acrobat User Community Blog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:05:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: samratreddy http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-7649 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:05:54 +0000 http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-7649 Great tips I really loved them. I had to post these tips in my <a href="http://www.samrathacks.com" rel="nofollow"> Windows Tricks</a> site Great tips I really loved them. I had to post these tips in my Windows Tricks site

]]> by: tedpadova http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-4984 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:04:26 +0000 http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-4984 Hi Jaga, I don't get any form fields on a PDF using the method you describe for refrying the PDF. Printing to PDF usually discards all the form fields. —ted Hi Jaga,

I don’t get any form fields on a PDF using the method you describe for refrying the PDF. Printing to PDF usually discards all the form fields.

—ted

]]> by: jaga http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-4873 Tue, 15 May 2007 15:49:48 +0000 http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-4873 Hi There is a easier way to convert the designer form to a PDF form if you have acrobat 8.0 installed in your box. 1) Click on the Print button on the Designer form and when the Options are listed in the Print window, Choose Adobe PDF. 2) This selection starts converting the doc to the PDF and you can save it to the disk, and while opening this new format makes you recognize all the form fields as a PDF form Fields. Jaga Hi
There is a easier way to convert the designer form to a PDF form if you have acrobat 8.0 installed in your box.

1) Click on the Print button on the Designer form and when the Options are listed in the Print window, Choose Adobe PDF.

2) This selection starts converting the doc to the PDF and you can save it to the disk, and while opening this new format makes you recognize all the form fields as a PDF form Fields.

Jaga

]]> by: tedpadova http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-25 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:16:55 +0000 http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-25 Can you send me a file to ted@west.net? Let's see if we can get to the bottom of this. ted Can you send me a file to ted@west.net? Let’s see if we can get to the bottom of this.

ted

]]> by: wislndixie http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-24 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:55:21 +0000 http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-24 Thanks Ted for answering. I didn't state my problem correctly. What is happening when I highlight the file I converted from XML with my mouse, The "URL address" that displays is gross just like the fields. All of my other pdf files don't show the URL address when I move my mouse over them and highlight them. They just show the author, date and file size, not the URL address. Hope this helps. Thanks Thanks Ted for answering. I didn’t state my problem correctly. What is happening when I highlight the file I converted from XML with my mouse, The “URL address” that displays is gross just like the fields. All of my other pdf files don’t show the URL address when I move my mouse over them and highlight them. They just show the author, date and file size, not the URL address. Hope this helps. Thanks

]]> by: tedpadova http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-21 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:30:34 +0000 http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-21 Hmmmmm... this sounds odd if I understand you correctly. Are you certain you don't have a duplicate file stored on your drive? If you indeed copied the file to another folder, then the PDF should be in the copied folder. Maybe try using Save As and save the file to the folder you want. This sounds to me like an issue outside Acrobat. ted Hmmmmm… this sounds odd if I understand you correctly. Are you certain you don’t have a duplicate file stored on your drive? If you indeed copied the file to another folder, then the PDF should be in the copied folder. Maybe try using Save As and save the file to the folder you want. This sounds to me like an issue outside Acrobat.

ted

]]> by: wislndixie http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-20 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:51:15 +0000 http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-20 It worked perfect for me, and I agree about the field names being gross. Can you tell me how to change the "file location". I moved my file to a different directory but it still shows up as being in the old location. Wisln It worked perfect for me, and I agree about the field names being gross. Can you tell me how to change the “file location”. I moved my file to a different directory but it still shows up as being in the old location.
Wisln

]]> by: pdftrainer http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-17 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:34:31 +0000 http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-17 Great tip, Ted. You can see a MS Media file demo of the field renaming process at http://www.pdfconference.com/newsletter/videotip.html. Wish this demo was in Flash, but it was created some time ago. —Carl Great tip, Ted.

You can see a MS Media file demo of the field renaming process at http://www.pdfconference.com/newsletter/videotip.html.

Wish this demo was in Flash, but it was created some time ago.

—Carl

]]> by: tedpadova http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-14 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:27:20 +0000 http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-14 Yes, those field names are gross! Thanks for adding your tip on renaming fields using the Fields palette. For those who aren't familiar with field renaming using the Fields palette. Open the palette by selecting View > Navigation Tabs (Acrobat 7) or View > Navigation Panels (Acrobat) > Fields. Open a context menu on a field name (parent names can be collapsed) and select Rename field. Type a new field name and all children under a parent name inherit the new name. ted Yes, those field names are gross! Thanks for adding your tip on renaming fields using the Fields palette.

For those who aren’t familiar with field renaming using the Fields palette. Open the palette by selecting View > Navigation Tabs (Acrobat 7) or View > Navigation Panels (Acrobat) > Fields. Open a context menu on a field name (parent names can be collapsed) and select Rename field. Type a new field name and all children under a parent name inherit the new name.

ted

]]> by: thepdfexpert http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-13 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:25:53 +0000 http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/tedpadova/2006/09/25/converting-adobe-designer-forms-to-acrobat-pdf-forms/#comment-13 Awesome tip Ted, thanks. However, the field names that are generated with these methods are totally gross. For example: topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Address_1[0] Here's a useful trick that could be added to this. Renaming a lot of fields can be a big chore, but not if you use Acrobat's Fields palette. Thankfully Acrobat tends to group most of these fields by subform and/or page. By going to the parent name in the Fields palette you can easily remove/replace most of those ugly prefixes in batch. After playing around with a few forms I've found that your tip cuts down my layout work anywhere from 50% to 90%. Awesome tip Ted, thanks. However, the field names that are generated with these methods are totally gross. For example: topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].Address_1[0]

Here’s a useful trick that could be added to this. Renaming a lot of fields can be a big chore, but not if you use Acrobat’s Fields palette. Thankfully Acrobat tends to group most of these fields by subform and/or page. By going to the parent name in the Fields palette you can easily remove/replace most of those ugly prefixes in batch.

After playing around with a few forms I’ve found that your tip cuts down my layout work anywhere from 50% to 90%.

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