PDFill PDF Editor

New PDF Form Field: Combo Box Field or List Box Field

(See Example PDF and Example PDFill Project File )

A choice field contains several text items, one or more of which may be selected as the field value. The items may be presented to the user in either of two forms:

• A combo box consisting of a drop-down list optionally accompanied by an editable text box in which the user can type a value other than the predefined choices.
• A scrollable list box in which the user can pick up a value and then this value will be highlighted among one or many displayed options..

1. Create a Form Field:

Here are the steps to create a Text form field:

Choose Menu Insert > Form Fields > Select Combo Field Tool or List Field Tool, or click the 4th or 5th button in the Forms Toolbar.

Hold Left mouse button to create a form field of the required size
The new form field properties dialog comes up to set options
To adjust the height of the box using the Font Size, click the Height Adjust Tool
You can create fields with the same name inside the same page or across different page

2. To access form field properties:

Click the Selection button first.
Click inside the field to highlight it and click Properties Button
Or, click the edge shadow and double-click again
Or, Key F4

3. Set Field Properties:

Field Name

The name to define the field. Two fields can have the same name and they will have the same value string.

Editable

If set, the combo box includes an editable text box as well as a dropdown list; if clear, it includes only a drop-down list.

Tooltips

Inside Adobe Reader, the user hovers the cursor over the field, without clicking it, and a small box appears with supplementary information regarding the field being hovered over. This is useful to help the user fill the form.

Item/Export Value

An array of options to be presented to the user. Each element of the array is either a text string representing one of the available options or an array consisting of two text strings: the option’s export value and the text to be displayed as the name of the option.

Font Encode

Click here to see the listed links to international graphical representations, and textual listings, of each of the Windows codepages that PDFill supports.

Font Name

Some font is empty for the selected Font Encode. You must play with several fonts to see if it works inside PDFill.

Font Enbed Font Embedding allows the fonts used in the creation of a PDF form to travel with that PDF document, ensuring that a user sees PDF Form Fields exactly as the designer intended them to be seen. But, it requires bigger PDF file size. There are 3 options: Auto, NOT Embedded and Embedded.

Font Style

Font Regular, Bold, Italic and Bold Italic.

Alignment

Text Alignment inside the box: Left, Center and Right.

Font Size

If set 0, the font size will be adjusted automatically according so that all the text will be fitted into the box.

Font Color

The color of the text.

Rotate

The text direction inside the box: 0, 90, 180 or 270.

Visibility

Visible: Display and Printable.

Hidden: do not display or allow it to interact with the user and not can not print.

Visible but don’t print: don’t print this field even if it is displayed on the screen.

Hidden but printable: even if it is not displayed, it will print on the page.

Read Only

If set, the user may not change the value of the field. Any associated widget annotations will not interact with the user; that is, they will not respond to mouse clicks or change their appearance in response to mouse motions.

Required

If set, the field must have a value at the time it is exported by a submit-form action.

Position (Left, Right, Top, Bottom)

The X and Y coordinate of the box to define the position of the field.

Fill Color

The background color of the field, If set, it will be opaque.

Border Color

The color the border line.

Border Width

The line thickness of the border .

Border Style

Solid: a solid rectangle surrounding the annotation.
Dashed: a dashed rectangle surrounding the annotation.
Beveled: a simulated embossed rectangle that appears to be raised above the surface of the page.
Inset: a simulated engraved rectangle that appears to be recessed below the surface of the page.
Underline: a single line along the bottom of the annotation rectangle.

Action: Add Link, Submit, JavaScript and more ...

See PDF Actions

Adjust Box Height using Font Size

The height of the box is adjusted according to the font size

Set this field as default

If set, the new field will have the same properties as this one.

4. Screenshot

Field Name	The name to define the field. Two fields can have the same name and they will have the same value string.
Editable	If set, the combo box includes an editable text box as well as a dropdown list; if clear, it includes only a drop-down list.
Tooltips	Inside Adobe Reader, the user hovers the cursor over the field, without clicking it, and a small box appears with supplementary information regarding the field being hovered over. This is useful to help the user fill the form.
Item/Export Value	An array of options to be presented to the user. Each element of the array is either a text string representing one of the available options or an array consisting of two text strings: the option’s export value and the text to be displayed as the name of the option.
Font Encode	Click here to see the listed links to international graphical representations, and textual listings, of each of the Windows codepages that PDFill supports.
Font Name	Some font is empty for the selected Font Encode. You must play with several fonts to see if it works inside PDFill.
Font Enbed	Font Embedding allows the fonts used in the creation of a PDF form to travel with that PDF document, ensuring that a user sees PDF Form Fields exactly as the designer intended them to be seen. But, it requires bigger PDF file size. There are 3 options: Auto, NOT Embedded and Embedded.
Font Style	Font Regular, Bold, Italic and Bold Italic.
Alignment	Text Alignment inside the box: Left, Center and Right.
Font Size	If set 0, the font size will be adjusted automatically according so that all the text will be fitted into the box.
Font Color	The color of the text.
Rotate	The text direction inside the box: 0, 90, 180 or 270.
Visibility	Visible: Display and Printable. Hidden: do not display or allow it to interact with the user and not can not print. Visible but don’t print: don’t print this field even if it is displayed on the screen. Hidden but printable: even if it is not displayed, it will print on the page.
Read Only	If set, the user may not change the value of the field. Any associated widget annotations will not interact with the user; that is, they will not respond to mouse clicks or change their appearance in response to mouse motions.
Required	If set, the field must have a value at the time it is exported by a submit-form action.
Position (Left, Right, Top, Bottom)	The X and Y coordinate of the box to define the position of the field.
Fill Color	The background color of the field, If set, it will be opaque.
Border Color	The color the border line.
Border Width	The line thickness of the border .
Border Style	Solid: a solid rectangle surrounding the annotation. Dashed: a dashed rectangle surrounding the annotation. Beveled: a simulated embossed rectangle that appears to be raised above the surface of the page. Inset: a simulated engraved rectangle that appears to be recessed below the surface of the page. Underline: a single line along the bottom of the annotation rectangle.
Action: Add Link, Submit, JavaScript and more ...	See PDF Actions
Adjust Box Height using Font Size	The height of the box is adjusted according to the font size
Set this field as default	If set, the new field will have the same properties as this one.