Adobe PDF Fill-in Forms Instructions

Overview

Fill-in forms use the features provided with Adobe Acrobat products . Currently, there is no validation or verification of the information you enter and you are still responsible for entering all required information.  Any math field that defaults to "0.00" is a field that is automatically calculated, and totaled, by the form.  These fields total data entered by you in other related fields, and cannot be edited.


Software Requirements to view, complete and print:

To view, complete and print fill-in forms you'll need the freely available Acrobat Reader software installed on your computer. Acrobat Reader does not allow you to save your completed forms to disk. The ability to save completed forms is available commercially with the Adobe Acrobat product suite.


 Software Requirements to view, complete, print and save completed forms:

 To view, complete, print and save your completed forms to your computer, you will need a full version of Adobe Acrobat software.
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Completing the Form

Select the form you wish to complete.  Your web browser may be configured with an Acrobat plug-in to automatically open the file within your browsers window.  Double click on the form title link or download the file directly to your computer and use Acrobat to open the file.

To download the file directly to your computer, right click on the form title link, then select "Save Target/Link As.." from the menu. Select the directory where you want to save the file, rename the form if you wish,  and click the SAVE button.

Select the hand tool, if necessary,  from the Acrobat toolbar menu. You can use the hand tool to move around the page so that you can view all the areas on it. The hand pointer will turn into an I beam pointer when you are within a form field. Position the hand pointer inside a form field and click. The I-beam pointer allows you to type text. The arrow pointer allows you to select a field, a check box, a radio button, or an item from a list.

Press Tab to accept the field change and go to the next field.

Press Shift + Tab to accept the field change and go to the previous field.

Use your mouse to select an area of the form that is not inside a form field before printing your form. If a form field is active (contains the blinking bar) the contents will not print.

If the fill-in form is displayed within your web browser's window, be sure to use the printer button on the Acrobat toolbar menu to print the form instead of your web browser's print function.

If you are using the full version of Adobe Acrobat, you can save the completed document to your computer disk.