4 Replies Latest reply: Mar 18, 2012 10:07 AM by Gilad D (try67)

How do I change Form Field type?

SteveNeedsCalm Mar 17, 2012 11:09 AM

I created a form from an existing pdf in Acrobat X, acrobat decieded one to make one field a digital signature field. How do I change it to a text field?

1. Re: How do I change Form Field type?

Bernd Alheit Mar 17, 2012 11:47 AM (in response to SteveNeedsCalm)

Delete the signature field and add the text field.
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2. Re: How do I change Form Field type?

SteveNeedsCalm Mar 17, 2012 1:17 PM (in response to Bernd Alheit)

Thanks, thats how I did it. I figured there should be an option to change the field type in the properties somewhere instead of haveing to delete and receate stuff. Not exactly user friendly on that one.
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3. Re: How do I change Form Field type?

Bill@VT Mar 17, 2012 9:20 PM (in response to SteveNeedsCalm)

Used to be back with AA5 or 6 that you could change the type, but that ended several versions ago. So you are stuck with recreation.
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4. Re: How do I change Form Field type?

Gilad D (try67) Mar 18, 2012 10:07 AM (in response to SteveNeedsCalm)

If this is something that you need to do very often, or to many fields, consider this tool (created by me):
http://try67.blogspot.com.es/2010/10/acrobat-convert-form-fields-type.html
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