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Creating and Using PDF Forms Page 331 Generating form fields for a PDF form and specifying type, appearance, action, and other options. For more information, see Creating form fields. ■ ■ Creating or working with an existing Common Gateway Interface (CGI) script to collect and route form data over the Web. For more information, see Making forms Web ready. Creating form fields The form tool allows you to create form fields that an Acrobat user can interact with. You create a form field by defining the area of the field on the PDF document page, providing a name for the field, and specifying the type of the field. For each field type (button, text box, check box, and so on), you can set a variety of options through the Field Properties dialog box that allow you to customize the field for your form. For more information, see Setting form field options. To create a form field: 1 Select the form tool . 2 Create a form field by dragging the cross-hair pointer to make a box of the required size. 3 In the Field Properties dialog box, enter a name in the Name text box, and select a format from the Type menu:
