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Ted Padova
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 13 ก.พ. 2022
Adobe Acrobat DC Tips and PDF Forms Tips & Techniques
Creating Dropdown and List Box Fields in Acrobat Pro DC
This video shows you similarities and differences between Dropdown fields and List Box fields in Acrobat Pro DC.
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Reset Forms and Clear Field Data
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This video shows a dozen ways to clear all fields on a page, groups of fields, fields used when spawning pages from templates, check box and radio button fields, and button icons.
All About Radio Buttons and Check Boxes
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This video describes similarities and differences between Radio Buttons and Checkboxes on Acrobat PDF forms.How you create both Radio Buttons and Check Boxes and how to set the properties for each field types is discussed.
Calculating Sums Across Spawned Pages in Acrobat Pro DC
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This video shows you how to sum data in PDF files that contain spawned pages.
Modifying PDF Form Designs
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This video shows some methods for early modifying form designs, especially after you have added fields to a design and then you need to change the background design.
Several ways to submit forms via email or to a web server
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This video shows several options you have when submitting forms to an email address or a Web server. The tutorial file contains JavaScripts used for submitting a form.
Creating Time calculations in Acrobat Pro DC
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This video shows you several methods for calculating time in Acrobat Pro
Creating Links to page views and to named destinations
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This video shows you how to create links to page views and to accompanying files via links and popup menus.
All About Text Fields in Acrobat Pro DC
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Text Fields in Acrobat have a huge range of options, settings, and attributes from which to choose. This video explains in detail all the options choices you have and how to use them.
Creating Application Alert Dialog Boxes
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This video shows you how to create alert dialog boxes and several different alert dialogs with different options. Download the tutorial file and you can easily copy/paste the JavaScripts
Dropdown Menu Choices
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This video shows you how to populate a second column of dropdown menus with options based on selections made in the first column of dropdown menus.
Managing Form Fields On PDF Layers
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This video shows you how to manage fields on PDF forms that has layers
Creating Layers in PDFS in Acrobat and in Authoring Applications
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This video shows you how to create a layered PDF inn authoring application and in Adobe Acrobat
Secure field data on PDF forms
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This video shows you how to protect sensitive data on a PDF form against unauthorized viewers.
Creating Fillable PDF Forms in Acrobat Pro DC
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Creating a Fillable PDF Form in Acrobat Pro Dc and knowing when to use auto field detection and when to manually create fields.
Text To Dropdown fields in Acrobat Pro DC
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Text To Dropdown fields in Acrobat Pro DC
Spawning Pages with Duplicate Data in Acrobat Pro DC
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Spawning Pages with Duplicate Data in Acrobat Pro DC
Creating DropDown Menus in Acrobat Pro DC
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Creating DropDown Menus in Acrobat Pro DC
Copy data from one file to another in Acrobat Pro DC
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Copy data from one file to another in Acrobat Pro DC
Calculating Field Values in Acrobat Pro DC
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Calculating Field Values in Acrobat Pro DC
Creating and Using PDF Layers in Acrobat Pro DC
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Creating and Using PDF Layers in Acrobat Pro DC
Spawning Pages in Acrobat Pro DC and Adobe Reader DC
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Spawning Pages in Acrobat Pro DC and Adobe Reader DC
Adding Photos to a PDF Form in Adobe Reader DC
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Adding Photos to a PDF Form in Adobe Reader DC
Create State Field Drop Down Menus in Acrobat Pro DC
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Create State Field Drop Down Menus in Acrobat Pro DC
Tips on Populating Forms in Acrobat Pro DC
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Tips on Populating Forms in Acrobat Pro DC
Download the Tutorial File from: www.tedpadova.com/acro/dropdownListBoxFields.pdf
Thanks for all the tips on how to clear fields. I learned. Thanks a lot.
Hi! How can one add layer in a group? A subfolders in a way? Is that possible?
I'm not really clear on what you want to accomplish. There aren't any groups within a PDF document.
Download the tutorial file from: www.tedpadova.com/acro/resetFields.pdf
Another great video. Thanks a lot 😊
Very interesting. Thank you very much.
Download the tutorial file from: www.tedpadova.com/acro/radioCheckFields.pdf
Download sample files from: www.tedpadova.com/acro/poSpawn.pdf www.tedpadova.com/acro/summaryPage.pdf
Thanks a lot, managing changes to text blocks or tables is not easy in Acrobat Pro. A tip to remember.
Amazing tutorial. You saved my day, thanks so much
Very interesting!! Thank you so much. Video suggestion. When should you place your Javascript code in "Javascripts Document" and when can it be placed in the Actions section.
Did you download the link above? All the JavaScripts are included in the red buttons in the Actions tab.
@@tedpadova7633 Yes, I downloaded the file with the scripts, by the way, thank you for your generosity. Sorry if I wasn't clear. What I mean is when do I place a script in "Javascripts Document" and when is it in the Actions section. Or it doesn't matter.
@@stephanedenis5394 Oh I'm sorry. I misunderstood. Document Level JavaScripts can be used several times over by multiple fields. You could use a document level Javascript in a field script but would need to add it to all fields where you want to use the function. If you have a script used as a Document Level script and want to use it in multiple forms, you could easily copy/paste it in multiple forms. The check fields function is one example I use in several forms. In the tutorial file I used it twice, therefore it was easier to add it as a function at the Document Level.
Download the Tutorial File from: www.tedpadova.com/acro/doodyvilleOrderForm.pdf
Thank you very much :)
Download the tutorial file from: www.tedpadova.com/acro/timeCalcs.pdf
Thank you very much, interesting.
Tutorial Files download from: www.tedpadova.com/acro/aussieBrochure.pdf www.tedpadova.com/acro/aussieForm.pdf
Very well seen! Everything explained well.
Thank you. Happy to know it was of some use to you.
Very interresting !
Thank you very much for this tip and the very interesting scripts. I wonder if it would be more useful (or if it is possible) to hide the fields after saving the PDF document. This allows you to “review and modify as necessary” all this information before saving. Also, if there is information entered and I click the "reset form" button, the hidden fields remain hidden. I will continue to watch your videos, I will subscribe :)
Yes, it's possible. Instead of adding the JavaScript on the last field in the sequence, you could add a script to a Submit Form action. The form filler could review the document and when they submit the form, the fields would be hidden. True, if all you do is reset a form. But you could write a script on a Reset Form button like: var f = this getField("cc"); //credit card field this.resetForm(); f.hidden = false;
keep up on the good work, slowly but surely I'm going to watch all those videos about acrobat pro.
Thank you.Take your time. They'll be up for a long time.
Download the tutorial files and place them in the same folder. www.tedpadova.com/acro/textFields.pdf www.tedpadova.com/acro/claimForm.pdf www.tedpadova.com/acro/receipt.pdf
Download the tutorial file from: www.tedpadova.com/acro/appAlerts.pdf
Download the tutorial file from: www.tedpadova.com/acro/golf_choices.pdf
this is groundbreaking material. Subscribed.
Download the tutorial file from: www.tedpadova.com/acro/seminarFinalForm.pdf
Download the PDF files from: www.tedpadova.com/acro/seatingChart.pdf and www.tedpadova.com/acro/seminarForm.pdf
Download the sample PDF file from: www.tedpadova.com/acro/secureSensitiveData.pdf
Hi Ted, I liked your videos, they are very simple and easy to use (although I could not download any example... I don't know why). I want to ask you the following question, is it possible to create a dropdown in which each field has a link, a bookmark or an anchor to a specific part of the same document? as if it were a table of contents? I imagine that javascript should be used, I have a little experience with acrobat pro but only in the editorial field? Thank you very much Ricardo Buenos Aires City, Argentina (traducido por Deepl)
Hola Ricardo. I typically would use an app.popUpMenu script to navigate pages from a table of contents. I would use Named Destinations and the popup menu would be coded to navigate to the Named Destinations. Creating Named Destinations is easy. You open the Destinations panel on the left side of the document window below the Bookmarks panel. Navigate to a page and view you want. Then in the Panel choose New destination (it captures the current view). Provide a descriptive name. Create a Button field and add a JavaScript -something like: var cChoice = app.popUpMenu ("one", "two", "three"); // Named Dest. (one, two, three) if(cChoice != null) this.gotoNamedDest(cChoice); If you want submenus, use the following: var cChoice = app.popUpMenu (["Page1 ", "Introduction"], // Page 1 is submenu title & Introduction is the Dest. ["Page 2", "Touring Buenos Aires"], ["Page 3", "Five Star Restaurants"]); this.gotoNamedDest(cChoice); When I get some time I'll upload a video on creating Destinations and popUp menus For downloading PDFs from my web site, maybe check your firewall on your web server. Maybe check a different web server to see if you can access files.
Download the PDF from: www.tedpadova.com/acro/TextToDropdown.pdf
www.tedpadova.com/acro/spawnPages.pdf
You can download the sample form from: "www.tedpadova.com/acro/universityApp.pdf"
Hello Sir. Can you please add the download link? Thank you.
Download the PDF form from: www.tedpadova.com/acro/spawnDupData.pdf
var docOCGs = this.getOCGs() for (var i = 0; i < docOCGs.lenght; i++) { if (docOCGs[i].name == "Text") { docOCGs[i].state = !docOCGs[i].state; } } the script for easy copy-pasting :)
And i have one more question ...is it possible to add more than 1 page in one click ? Thanks
You could add a JavaScript that can add multiple pages. (see my recent video "Spawning Pages with Duplicate Data". It shows spawning two pages with one script.)
Hi Ted ! ...thanks for this precious video ...i was searching how to add pages to my document since so much time !! ...question is...do you think it could be possible to add a small java script to make the contrary ... i mean for example if someone click by mistake on the link and add new pages that actually he didn't wanted ? thanks by advance . Remi (France)
There are a few ways you could handle this. You can add Delete Pages buttons (see my recent video "Spawning Pages with Duplicate Data"). This means the remove pages button resides in the document on every page. If a user accidentally hits the button without meaning to, there's no way to get the page with the data back. You could use a Page Action JavaScript so after a page is spawned, the user adds data, then when they leave the page the Delete Pages button is removed. Another way would be to use an Application Response dialog box. When the button is clicked to spawn a page, a dialog box opens asking the user to confirm the spawn page action. If they click Yes, a page is spawned. If No, then nothing happens.
A question on the spawning of templates. I'm attempting to redo my agency's ecidence forms. The template I want to spawn is an exact copy of the first page. This is because in our current form you only have enough room for a few items if evidence. When you run out, you have to open a second document and re-enter all the info (case#, suspect/owner info, and all the other data that is the same as the first and make sure you put the correct # of X pages ). How would I set it up (if possible) to spawn additional identical pages with the info that needs to be the same (some of the info is in dropdowns) but keep the evidence boxes clear so you can continue to enter your evidence items. This would make things quite a bit more efficient for officers. And allow all of these pages to be in one file and be printed all at once. Thanks in advance!
When you spawn a page form a template, all form fields on the spawned page are set up as unique fields. We could write some JavaScript to duplicate the fields but that might be quite a bit of programming. You might try duplicating the original page as many times as you might need additional pages. Create form fields with the same name for those fields where you need to duplicate data and unique fields for fields that require different data. Hide the duplicate pages. Add a button to Show/Hide pages and advance the view to the next page after you Show it. You won't need to create templates or spawn pages from a template.
I'm going to upload a couple more PDFs with scripts that answer your question a few others. I'll try to get to it soon.
See the video I uploaded recently ("Spawning Pages with Duplicate Data") and see if it comes close to answering your question.
here is the copy of the text for anyone who needs it var docOCGs = this.getOCGs(); for (var i=0; i < docOCGs.length; i++) { if(docOCGs[i].name == ''Text'') { docOCGs[i].state = !docOCGs[i].state; } }
Exactly wat I want. That's a pit don't have a free program to do this task.
Great one, I have a list of staff IDs that I want to add to as drop down list, how can I go about adding up to a thousand list at once in the drop down?
Is there a way that spawned pages aren't linked to each other? If I type info on one its apply to all the pages. Thanks
Change bRename in the script from false to true
My recent video (see my recent video "Spawning Pages with Duplicate Data"). Not sure if it answers your question. Take a look and see.
Hi Ted. I don't know if you have info on this or not. Do American drop down menus also commonly include external US territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa....etc. ? I have seen a couple of US menus like that, but don't know if it's common or is something that a few people have deliberately added? Background: I'm Australian and our state/territory menus only list the six Australian states and two internal territories. That makes it awkward for people who live in Australian External Territories (like Norfolk, Christmas and Cocos Islands etc.) as they need to 'lie' in order to complete a form. For me it's even worse as Australia also has a FORMER external territory, which since 1975 has been a separate country. So I was born in Papua New Guinea in 1953 when it was an Australian territory, but recently when completing an official government form requiring 'place of birth', I clicked on 'Australia' for country, which led to a sub-menu for states / territories where I had no option listed for an 'An External Australian Territory'. I'm hoping to make 'External Australian Territory' a common option here, and it would help my case if the USA already commonly lists its external territories on drop menus. Thanks if you can help. No worries if it's something you don't know about. Great clip BTW. Phil.
Hi Phil. I think it varies. I think you can find many sites that include US Territories and many that do not. Given the fact that the number of territories are few, it's easy to go into the dropdown properties and manually add them. Likewise, you can also append Australian territories if you have a dropdown containing the six Australia states. -ted
@@tedpadova7633 Thanks Ted. Much appreciated.
Ted: Brilliant video. Quick question: Do you know if I can use layers to display different forms based on user selection without loosing the field formatting or the existing JavaScript code. ?
Yes you can, but a better way would be to use Templates.
Can you share the download link please. Thanks
Sorry, I overlooked a link to the sample form. I added it above.
wow thank you so much
Ted... Is it possible to use a spawn java script template that includes layers?
If you have a layered PDF you could spawn a page from a template on the layer where you place the template.
Can you make a video on how to make layers in Adobe and InDesign
I have temporarily suspended my Creative Cloud membership. I'll pick it back up after the first of the year and try to get back to you. In thee men time you can find many videos on TH-cam on InDesign and using layers.
OK. I'll get to it shortly. My Creative Cloud membership is active now.
Hi Ted. Thanks for the video and downloadable file. I have the button on page 2 and I am trying to add a template to page 3 by using this this.pageNum = 2; but that does not work. It keeps adding to the end of the doc. I have also tried this.pageNum = this.numPages + 1; so that it adds it to the end of the current page where the button is, that fails as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
add the following script after this.pageNum = this.numPages -1. Follow that line with: this.movePage(1); where 1 = page 2 in the document. Change the number to the page number you want. Remember, JavaScript is zero based so if you want the page to appear on page 5 use (4).
worked like a charm@@tedpadova7633
I don't know if my first reply actually helps you. I'm going to upload a few more PDFs with Spawn Pages actions that will hopefully answer your question. Just give me a little time to set them up.
See my latest video and see if it comes close to answering your question.
how do I get the template to spawn on a particular page instead of at the end of the document?
You can see in my script the line" this.pageNum = this.numPages - 1; That line of code places the new spawned page at the end of the document. JavaScript is zero based therefore the code gets the total number of pages and subtracts 1 from it. If you want to place the new page on page 4 (for example) you would use the following script" this.pageNum = 3; (4 minus one is 3). However if you are continually spawning new pages, then obviously the number of pages will increase. If you want to add all new pages at various locations, you might want to add a counter field on a home page, make it invisible and read only and increment the value each time you add a new page.
See comment above.
See my latest video where I talk about spawning pages at different locations.
Corrected link above.