Forms and signing

Fields

Form to fill in, in Blocks, has Short answer and Long answer; Email, Phone, Number and Date field; a Checkbox; One of several and Several of several; a Dropdown; and a Signature field. Each comes with its question, which you type over as any text.

Select a field, and Properties has its settings:

• Must be answered, and Cannot be changed for an answer you fill in yourself.
• Longest answer, in characters, for a written answer.
• Choices, for a list or a dropdown: add, reorder and remove them, and Place the choices one under another or side by side.
• The field’s Name in the form’s data, under which its answer is exported from the PDF.

Each field’s question is its label in the PDF, so a screen reader reads the question with the field. The Accessibility check lists a field without one.

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Signing

Click Sign it on a signature field, or add Signature from Signing and codes. The first time, the signature window opens: type your name and choose one of six handwriting fonts, or Draw instead with the mouse, a finger or a pen. Then Sign.

• The Audit stamp under the signature says who signed, the date and time with the time zone, the IP address and device, and a signature ID. Turn it off in the window if you do not want it.
• Sign the next fields with it in one click keeps the signature on this device; later fields sign at a click. A signed field’s properties offer Sign again, Change my signature and Remove.

Left unsigned, a signature field stays a field in the downloaded PDF: whoever receives the file signs there in Acrobat or another PDF reader. Line to sign by hand is for a printed page: a line with a caption, and no field.