

You can specify hours, minutes and seconds. For example, if you enter HH:MM you will get hours colon minutes, such as 12:38. There is also a Custom choice where you can enter into a box your own format.

There are only two options in here: Decimal Places and Separator Style. This will change how the number is displayed after the user moves off of the control by pressing Tab, Enter or clicking away from the control.

When you wish to format the data that users of the PDF from input, there are a few options to choose from. If you ever plan to export the data to either of those, you will be easily able work with the values. Second, both Microsoft Excel and Microsoft SQL Server recognize this format as a date. When you choose Date you have several options to choose from. Below is a screen shot of the Format tab of a text box.Ĭhoices are None, Number, Percentage, Date, Time, Special and Custom. Format, Validate, and Calculate tab options are available only for Combo box and Text field types. The Format tab of the Properties dialog box is available for Text Boxes or Combo Boxes. Examples of fields are text boxes, check boxes, radio buttons, combo boxes, list boxes, button, digital signature and bar code. You can exercise some control over what is acceptable and what is not acceptable. Users of the fillable form type in values for those fields. When you build a form in Acrobat Pro 9, you add fields. If you use Format and Validation you have a much better chance of collecting accurate data. Forms allow you to electronically collect data. The previous post is called PDF Forms with Acrobat Pro 9. This post is part two of the series of posts on PDF Forms using Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.
