Adobe Acrobat 8 3D - Manual (Page 246)

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User Guide
Add a Reset Form button (in Acrobat)
A Reset Form button clears any data a user has already entered in the form. It is similar to the Forms > Clear Form
feature, which is available to you when you create and edit Acrobat forms. However, you can set up your reset button
so that it clears only specific fields.
1 In the Forms toolbar, select the Button tool, and create a button.
2 Double-click the button to open the Button Properties dialog box.
3 Click the Actions tab, and select Mouse Up from the Select Trigger menu.
4 Select Reset A Form from the Select Action menu, and then click Add.
5 In the Reset A Form dialog box, either click individual check boxes to select or deselect the fields that you want
to be reset by the button or select Select All. Then click OK.
The list in the Actions tab now shows Reset A Form nested under the Mouse Up action.
As needed, you can open other tabs in the Button Properties dialog box and apply other types of properties to the
button.
See also
“Form fields behaviors” on page 222
Add an Import Data button (in Acrobat)
You can use the Import Form Data action to enable users to fill out common form fields, such as name and email
address, with data imported from another form. Users can also use the Import Data button to populate common
form fields with their personal profile information. Only form fields that match are updated. Those that do not
match are ignored. Before you create an Import Form Data action, you must have set up a form with common infor­
mation form fields from which the data will be exported.
Note: The Import Form Data action searches for the data file from which to import data in different locations in
Windows than on Mac OS. In Windows, the Import Form Data action searches the Acrobat or Acrobat Reader folder,
the current folder, the System folder, the Windows folder, My Documents\Adobe\Acrobat, and the folders that are in the
PATH statement. On Mac OS, the Import Form Data action searches the Acrobat or Acrobat Reader folder and the
System Preferences folder.
1 In the Forms toolbar, select the Button tool, and create a button.
2 Double-click the button to open the Button Properties dialog box.
3 Click the Actions tab, and select Mouse Up from the Select Trigger menu.
4 Select Import Form Data from the Select Action menu, and then click Add.
5 Locate and select an FDF file, and click Select.
6 Click OK to accept the selections.
7 Click another tab in the Button Properties dialog box to continue defining properties for the button, or
click Close.
See also
“Import form data” on page 204
“Add a button to an Acrobat PDF form” on page 232