Manage PDF form fields

Several context menu commands are available when adding fields to a page that help you construct, align, size, and control field properties in Nitro PDF Professional. You can select a single field, or multiple fields (by holding down Ctrl), using any of the form tools, and open a context menu. From the menu options, you can make choices for assisting you in adding fields on a PDF form.

To use the context menu options:

1. Select a group of fields by first clicking one field, and then press Control and click additional fields.
2. Right-click to open a context menu and do any of the following:
• Properties. When multiple fields are selected you can edit common attributes such as General settings, Appearance settings, and Action settings.
• Edit. Cut, copy, paste, and delete.
• Set Properties As Default. Available when a single field is selected. All the attributes assigned in the General, Appearance, Options, Format, Validate, Calculate and other settings are captured and used as a new default when creating additional fields of the same type
• Set Action. Opens the Set Action settings in the Form Properties.
• Align. When multiple fields are selected, alignment is made to the target field highlighted in red. From a submenu you have choices to align left, right, top, bottom, vertically, and horizontally.
• Distribute. If you have a row or column of fields you can select all fields in the row or column and distribute them so they appear equidistant from each other. You can distribute fields vertically and horizontally.
• Size. Fields are sized to the same size as the target field highlighted in red. You can size fields according to both height and width.