Adobe Acrobat 8 3D - Manual (Page 229)

222 ADOBE ACROBAT 3D VERSION 8
User Guide
Note: You can choose this command only if the tab order property in the Page Properties is set to Unspecified.
2 Click Yes in the message that appears to automatically determine the tab order.
Set tabbing order manually
1 Choose Forms > Edit Fields > Set Tab Order.
Note: You can choose this command only if the tab order property in the Page Properties is set to Unspecified. You can
verify this by selecting the page in the Pages panel and choosing Page Properties in the Pages panel Options menu or
context menu.
2 Click No in the message that appears.
Numbers representing the tabbing order for the fields appear in the upper left corner of each field.
Note: If you decide not the change the tabbing order, click a blank area of the page or a part of the page that is not part
of a field. This hides the tabbing order numbers so that clicking a field no longer changes the tabbing order.
3 Click anywhere in the field that you want to be first in the tabbing order.
The number in the upper left corner is set as 1.
4 Click each of the other fields in the order that you want tabbing to occur.
Form fields behaviors
About Acrobat form field properties
How a form field behaves is determined by settings in the Properties dialog box for that individual field. You can set
properties that apply formatting, determine how the form field information relates to other form fields, impose
limitations on what the user can enter in the form field, trigger custom scripts, and so forth.
You can set a variety of properties for an Acrobat form field, depending on the form field type. The properties for
each type of form field are selected on a series of tabs.
All types of form fields have a General tab, Appearance tab, and an Actions tab. Other tabs appear only in specific
types of form fields. The Options tab appears for most form field types but the options available are unique to each
type of form field.
Two items are available on every tab. If you select one on any tab, a check mark will appear, and the option will be
checked on all tabs. These are:
Locked When selected, prevents any further changes to any form field properties.
Close Applies and saves the current form field properties, and closes the form field Properties dialog box.
Note: If you select Locked on any tab, it locks all options for the field, not just the options on that tab.
Modify form field properties in Acrobat
You can access Acrobat form field properties only when you are in editing mode (by choosing Forms > Edit Form In
Acrobat or Tools > Advanced Editing > Select Object Tool). You can change the properties for multiple form fields
at a time.