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Print instead of Submit

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:10:38 GMT

In a forms central web form, is it possible to remove the Submit Button and add a Print button. There are a couple of forms that we just want people to print and bring to the office with their documentation. I know we can attach documents, but we just want them to fill in he form and print it.

Frequently Asked Questions

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 23 May 2014 21:39:16 GMT

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General

Is FormsCentral secure?

Can I collect more than 5,000 responses using a Plus subscription?

Yes!

Which Adobe form solution is right for me (FormsCentral or Acrobat)?

How do I setup payment and credit card processing using PayPal?

How do request a new feature in FormsCentral?

Managing Forms

How do I copy of form to a different account?

One of my forms disappeared - where did it go?

Designing Forms

What field types does FormsCentral support?

Why do the images in my form look grainy or blurry?

Why are the search results different when I use Google or Flickr from within FormsCentral to find an image rather than searching those sites directly?

Distributing Forms

Why is my embedded form not displaying correctly?

Can tablet and smart phone users fill out my forms?

What do respondents need to complete a FormsCentral form?

Should I distribute a Web or PDF form?

Are web forms accessible to people with disabilities (U.S. section 508 compliance)?

Managing Responses

How do I share a form I created with others?

Can others view the responses and summary report without logging in?

How do I allow others to receive email notifications when responses are received?

Is there a way to respresent choices as numbers so I can easily perform calculations on my survey data?

How do I move a column in the Response tab?

Missing data from "View Responses" tab

PDF Forms

How do I make my PDF form fillable so I can import it into FormsCentral?

Can I start creating a form by importing an existing document, like a PDF or Word form, into FormsCentral?

What features do not work with PDF forms?

Why does the submit button not work on my PDF form?

Issues encountered while importing an existing PDF form

How do I edit a FormsCentral PDF form in Adobe Acrobat?

Image does not show up in PDF

Payments/Paypal Integration

Getting Started with Payment Processing Using Paypal

What Permissions am I granting Adobe during Paypal Account Registration?

What are the limits on Paypal transactions?

What currencies are supported?

Purchasing / Account Management

Why do I still have a free account even though I upgraded to a paid plan?

How do I turn off my automatic subscription renewal?

How can I upgrade from a less functional service (e.g. FormsCentral Basic) to a more functional service (e.g. FormsCentral Plus)?

Can I get a tax refund for my subscription if I'm a tax-exempt organization?

In which countries is FormsCentral available for purchase?

What happens to my forms and responses when I cancel my paid subscription?

How do I complete a purchase when I get an incorrect "country" error?

Can I get a receipt or an invoice for a recent subscription renewal?

FormsCentral Team Plans Frequently Asked Questions

Troubleshooting FormsCentral Desktop Application Download and Installation

HOW I CAN REMOVE MY PREVIOUS WORDS?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 07:56:08 GMT

ONE COLOR MALTY SHADES

Can I use an existing pdf document to create a form in Form Central?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 21:37:30 GMT

I have an existing paper checklist that I want to edit and modify in Form Central.

Time

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:35:10 GMT

I want to enter a field where a customer can enter a time, ie, 3:45 pm. Is this possible and what other suggestions do you have?

Fillable form Wind mitigation reports

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:23:03 GMT

Hello I am trying to use my android tablet for inspection purpose.I am showing an example video NEW WIND MIT 061813 - YouTube of what the form should look like that is the fillable one. Then I am also merging properties (House) information that i get online in a PDF to the report . client needs to sign report if at house there with me or I could email it ... Finale product is this PDF example Dropbox - Elena Arabitg (wind ) 11533 SW 90 ST.pdf

In other word i am trying to fill out my forms from a mobile or PC, get signatures merge documents and send to client.

Please if there is anyone that can help or get the job done .

Thank you

Humberto Suarez

305-481-1515

www.evolveinspections.com

Can I collect more than 5,000 responses using a Plus subscription?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:37:08 GMT

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A Plus subscription allows you to view up to 5,000 responses per form or survey at any point in time. To receive more than 5,000 responses, we recommend exporting the data in your response table (File->Export Responses), saving it locally in one of the supported formats (.pdf, .csv, or .xls) and then deleting it from the response table in FormsCentral. Once you free up space in your response table you will be able to collect additional responses. Repeating these steps will allow you to collect unlimited responses with a Plus subscription.

Note: FormsCentral actually stores up to 7,500 responses internally - we provide a buffer of 2,500 responses to make sure you do not lose data if you unknowingly went over 5,000. But if you exceed 7,500 submissions then respondents will not be able to submit their forms (they will get an error) until you export and delete your responses to make more room for responses.

from india i am unable to pay the amount for form central ....How to pay upgradation

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:21:51 GMT

from india i am unable to pay the amount for form central ....How to pay up gradation?

Is it possible to only allow unique submissions?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:25:38 GMT

I would like to limit duplicate submissions of the form data. Can you restrict the submission if already submitted (Example: Address: 555 MANTUA BLVD. if this address already exists it would error.

Drop down menus with multiple choice options

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 10:36:15 GMT

We are putting together an order form. Each item can be supplied in different sizes which we can put in a drop down menu but we need another box next to each size to select quantity of each size. Is this possible?

How can I buy formscentral subscription from TURKEY?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:21:31 GMT

How can I buy formscentral subscription from TURKEY?

Import error: duplicate value, when radio button values are correctly set up in InDesign

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 18:04:08 GMT

Hi,

I have correctly set up the radio button values in InDesign, export the file to pdf for reset buttons and other stuff, and then trying to import the file to InDesign. The error message I am getting is it can't be imported because of duplicate values in a field. I rechecked, and changed the field name as other people suggested. Still getting the same error message.

Does anybody have a clue? I think it's a bug with FormsCentral.

Thanks much!

filled out form to email when i submit

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:38:11 GMT

We using form central, this is my project requirement :- after filled out form i need response as pdf attachment in email.

How do I turn turn off the right pane in Adobe Reader XI?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:49:30 GMT

I have been using Adobe Reader since 2007, and recently I have been unable to turn off the right pane while reading. If anyone knows how I can deal with this problem, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks

Don Randall

Which Adobe form solution is right for me (FormsCentral or Acrobat)?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:37:30 GMT

View All Frequently Asked Questions

Adobe FormsCentral is an easy to use online solution for creating new PDF and HTML web forms from scratch or template. Adobe Acrobat is desktop software for creating PDF forms from existing electronic or paper documents. For more details, see the below chart:

	Adobe FormsCentral (Online Service)	Adobe Acrobat Pro (X & XI)
Formats supported	Online HTML web form PDF Form	PDF Form only
How forms are created	Create a form from scratch using a rich drag-and-drop editor. Speed up form creation by customizing professional form templates provided for free. Import existing PDF fillable forms created using Acrobat, InDesign or any other PDF form creation tool. Does not support the import of existing paper, Word, XFA(XML) or non-fillable PDF forms.	Bundled Adobe FormsCentral Desktop application allows you to create fillable PDF forms from scratch or template (Acrobat Pro XI only). You can move your forms online and take full advantage of the FormsCentral online service capabilities. Scan existing paper forms into fillable PDF forms. Convert an electronic file (Microsoft Word, Excel, InDesign, or other file type) to a fillable PDF form. Easily add or edit form field in an existing PDF form.
Distribution methods	Send respondents a link to the form or survey in an email or post it to a website, blog, or wiki. Embed form directly within a web page Email the PDF file to respondents or post on your own server/website	Email the PDF file to respondents or post on your own server/website.
What recipients need to complete form	HTML web form - Recipients need only a web browser and an Internet connection to complete and submit the online form or survey. No plug-ins are required. PDF form - Recipients use free Adobe Reader or Acrobat software to access the PDF form and fill it either online or offline.	Recipients use free Adobe Reader or Acrobat software to access the PDF form and fill it either online or offline.
How you collect form responses	Automatically collect responses from web and PDF form in real time. Responses are stored centrally within FormsCentral service for easy access and sharing. Payments and attachments can be collected using web forms.	Manually using email or some other method you have setup independent of Acrobat.
Features unique to the product	Collect payments using PayPal as a payment processor. Respondents can upload file attachments as part of their form submission. Submission receipts can be sent to respondents to confirm form submission. Email notifications can be sent to you whenever a response is received. Sip logic rules - skip questions or pages based on the answer to a previous question. Field validation	N/A
How form results are presented, and how you can analyze them	Search, sort, and filter on all responses. View all responses online, in a tabular or record view. Export tabulated responses to PDF, XLS, or CSV file formats for further analysis. Invite others to view and collaborate on the responses. Add simple or complex formulas to perform mathematical or statistical analysis. Automatically summarizes results into a report with charts.	Export responses to XLS spreadsheet formats for further analysis.

Where are the user-attached photos?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:53:36 GMT

We have a form that allows users to upload photos. The form submission emails indicate that there are photos, but I can't figure out where to download them.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!

Why is my embedded form not displaying correctly?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 23:24:04 GMT

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Let's first start by explaining the right way to embed a form within your website.

Go to the Distribute tab and click the Embed Form tab. This screen will appear:

Embed Options

Include page background colors - If this is unchecked then the form will have no background color and your web page color will show behind the embedded form.
Include form header - Check if you want to show the form header text and/or image of the embedded form.
Replace the browser window when redirecting to a new URL - When a Redirect URL is set (Options tab),click this option to replace the entire web browser window with the redirect. Uncheck to replace only the contents of the embedded form.
Custom redirect frame size: When a Redirect URL is set (Options tab), this defines the size of the embedded area for the page you are redirecting to. If no Redirect URL is defined then this option is ignored.

After you have set your options then click the Copy Embed Code button.

Note: If you change the Embed Options on the right you do NOT need to update the embed code already on your website. These options are controlled on the server side so the code needs no updating. (If you copied the embed code prior to 12/10/2012 then you will need to recopy the embed code in all cases. Prior to this date the embed code had all options specified within the embed code. This changed to the above behavior on 12/10/2012)

Once you have copied the embed code then go to your HTML authoring tool and paste the embed code into the HTML page within the <body> section:

<html>

<body>

</script>

</body>

</html>

Then upload your HTML file to your web server and view your web page. You'll now see your FormsCentral form embedded within your web page.

Some things to know:

For paid customers the "Powered By" footer at the bottom of our web forms shouldn't appear when embedded in a web page correctly.
Do not copy the source HTML from the actual FormsCentral form and paste into your HTML page. Always use the embed code provided within the above dialog.
Never put the form URL in an iFrame. Always use the embed code provided within the above dialog.
Never change the embed code parameters by editing the pasted embed code directly. If you want to change the embed code options for you should go back to the Embed dialog, change the options, copy the embed code, then re-paste into your HTML file.

Note: Web Form and Embed Form options are only available for forms created within FormsCentral. Imported PDF forms can only be distirbuted as PDF files.

Troubleshooting

There is a "Local Host" banner in the upper left corner of the form - The form is currently embedded on a web page that is being viewed on a local server or host. In this case, the form may not behave as expected (e.g. the bottom of the form may be cropped). You need to upload it to a web server to view it properly.

This error message is being shown instead of the form: "The form has been incorrectly embedded by using the form URL as the source for an iframe. Please copy the correct embed code from the embed dialog." - You should not use the form URL in an iFrame, instead paste the embed code.

This error message is being shown instead of the form: "This form has been improperly embedded." - You copy/pasted the HTML source of the FormsCentral form into your HTML page. Go to the embed dialog and copy the embed code from there and paste into your HTML web page.

After my form submits it redirects to a web page that is cropped - You need to increase the size of the Redirect Options in the Embed dialog.

Redirect doesn't take over entire window - Make sure you have the "Redirect - Replace entire window" option checked in the Embed dialog.

For anything else, we suggest you go back to the Embed Form tab, set your options and recopy the embed code to your web page. Its possible you may have inadvertently edited the embed code or options were missed.

Please help me if 'Adobe FormsCentral' can help us in customizing the unique reports for every response that generates after writing the test( in which every answer is right).

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 10:25:30 GMT

We are a student organization trying to develop career assessment test for students who join us. I want to know if we can build up a test( in which every answer is right) to generate a personalized report for each member with a clarity over their personality, I.Q. level and motivational factors . Questionnaire is ready offline but want it to make online so that we can reach to maximum students possible. Please help me if 'Adobe FormsCentral' can help us in customizing the unique reports for every response that generates after writing the test( in which every answer is right).

How to create priority questions

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:57:42 GMT

I have 15 questions in a form where the priority should be between 1 to 15.

So if Q1 I pick priority 1, Q2 would have to show (2 to 15). if I pick priority of 15 for Q2 then Q3 would have the options of 2 to 14 and so on ....

In other words each question would have to belong to one of the priorities exclusively.

Survey Monkey has this feature. How do we implement this in formscentral?

Monthly payment for Adobe Forms Central

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:14:57 GMT

Dear all, I need Adobe Forms Central for my master thesis from now till January 2015. According to the Adobe website I have to pay for one year. Since I am a poor student, do you know how I can solve this? Thank you very much in advance.

Can others view the responses and summary report without logging in?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:42:42 GMT

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In some cases, when you are doing a survey or collecting data from respondents you want the respondents to be able to see what everyone else submitted - either the raw data or summary charts. But of course you don't want to force them to log into FormsCentral to see it.

If you publish the summary report and/or responses, that content becomes accessible to anyone with a link to it. You can simply provide the link to the published document in the body of the form, in the confirmation page or via an email sent later. Here's how you would publish the summary report and/or responses:

Open the form and click the "Share" button in the bottom left of the window.

Click "Publish Responses" and choose to publish the summary report and/or the responses.

When the document is published you can access the "Published" icon at the bottom of the window to access the link.

Click "Copy link" to have the link copied to the clipboard. The link will look something like https://formscentral.acrobat.com?d=9u1jpRb2I1i-QG*hT715Ew.

You can also choose to copy the embed code and embed the results directly into your website.

Try navigating to the URL after logging out of FormsCentral (make sure you logout otherwise you'll see the entire form file) to get an idea of how the document will look to your respondents.

what happends to saved responses

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:08:57 GMT

Hello

We have designed a a membership form to organize our members data base.

The members can complete the form and submit with payment or submit without a payment

and save for latter time.

We can not see these saved forms. Are these forms saved and why we can not see them

How can we see them and track them?

Is there anyway to import a PDF Form with more than 500 fields?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:49:26 GMT

I have a form that has approx. 600 field and it would be much easier to have it in one than to split it up. Please let me know if there is anyway around this or an upgrade I can do.

Issues encountered while importing an existing PDF form

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:25:40 GMT

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FormsCentral now provides you the option to import an existing PDF form into the service. Here are some important things to know:

FormsCentral does not support the importing most of PDF forms created using the LiveCycle Designer desktop application or LiveCycle servers, some LiveCycle Designer forms are now supported (static XFA), but dynamic XFA based PDF forms are not supported. You can identify a LiveCycle form by opening it in Reader/Acrobat, going to the File menu -> Properties and looking at the PDF Producer name on the Description tab. It will say LiveCycle Designer, although this does not tell you if the form is static or dynamic (there is not a simple way to check this property, you can try importing into FormsCentral and if it is Static XFA it should be able to import). See the FAQ's below related to LiveCycle forms.
The PDF form you import must have existing fillable form fields placed on it using a tool like Adobe Acrobat or the latest version of Adobe InDesign (or any other competitive form authoring tool). This FAQ explains in more detail.
If your PDF form is encrypted with a password or copy protected you must remove the password or copy protection from the file before importing.
Once you import the PDF form you cannot edit it except for placing the Submit button on the first or last page of the form.
You can only distribute the form as a PDF file. We do not provide a Web Form option for imported PDF forms.
You can not import a PDF form created using FormsCentral. You should distribute a PDF form created using FormsCentral using the Distribute tab within the form file.

Additionally in some cases we can successfully import the PDF form but there are certain features within the PDF form that we will not support:

Rich text fields - If rich text is typed into a form field by a respondent it will be sent as plain text to FormsCentral (the service doesn't support rich text in text fields)
Digital signature fields - These will be ignored. Respondents can still sign the PDF form using Reader but their signature will not be submitted to the FormsCentral service.
Export values - Export values are stripped from the PDF form; You will always see the Display Value in the response table, submission receipts and email notifications.If there are JavaScripts in the PDF form that use the export values they will likely break.
Fields in the "View Responses" tab are not in the same order as the PDF - this is a known issue and unfortunately at this time there isn't anything that you can do to fix this other than manually re-ordering the columns in the View Responses tab

The following FAQs related to LiveCycle Designer forms might be useful:

Import PDF error for Dynamic XFA form from LiveCycle Designer

Import PDF: Static XFA form PDFs (LiveCycle Designer)

swap image

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:11:52 GMT

is possible, whit the function "see/not see" display 2 or more image on the same space???

example: http://www.preventivoserramenti.it/ (see the big image on the left 'frame profile')

thanks,

Emiliano Bertoldo

Can I start creating a form by importing an existing document, like a PDF or Word form, into FormsCentral?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:46:38 GMT

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FormsCentral allows you to import an existing fillable PDF form and use the FormsCentral service to collect and analyze the submitted data. You do not have to recreate your existing PDF forms within the service in order to take advantage of FormsCentral’s data collection/analysis capabilities. You can read more about it here.

At this time, the service does not support importing an existing Word or Excel document to create a form. You would need to recreate the form within FormsCentral by customizing one of our templates or starting from scratch using the drag-and-drop editor included with FormsCentral.

swapping image

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:18:12 GMT

is possible, whit the function "see/not see" display 2 or more image on the same space???

example: http://www.preventivoserramenti.it/ (see the big image on the left 'frame profile')

thanks,

Emiliano Bertoldo

Adobe on new computer

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:24:54 GMT

Do i need to subscribe again if i want to use adobe acrobat on my new computer??

What is the right contact to obtain my subscription confirmation from storemanager@adobe.com IN ENGLISH OR IN FRENCH? As I do not speak a work of German.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 09:15:15 GMT

If someone knows how to choose the language, please help.

Data Encrypted Forms

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 18:06:38 GMT

Hello!

Are the Form Central forms Data Encrypted? Am I able to hold people's personal information without it being open to the public?

Is it possible to use logic rules to manage email submission receipts?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 10:39:29 GMT

Is it possible to use logic rules to manage email submission receipts?

I have one form and based on the user's selection I want to manage which email submission receipt gets sent to that specific user.

Is this at all possible?

Please ask for clarification if I am not making sense.

What features do not work with PDF forms?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:47:03 GMT

View All Frequently Asked Questions

In general, all of the features within FormsCentral will work with the PDF forms you create. However, there are 6 items that will not work in PDF forms:

Page Skip Logic Rules (Navigate to Page) - PDF forms inherently do not have the ability to dynamically navigate to a page based on the answer to a question. If you have skip logic rules defined for your web form they will be ignored in the generated PDF form. All of the pages in the form you have designed will be visible in the PDF form.

Question Skip Logic Rules (Show/Hide Item) - PDF forms inherently do not have the ability to dynamically show/hide an item based on the answer to a question. If you have skip logic rules defined to show/hide an item for your web form they will be ignored in the generated PDF form. All of the items in the form you have designed will be visible in the PDF form.

Attachments - Attachments can only be collected using web forms. The attachment fields will be visible in the PDF form and if a respondent clicks the "Select File" button they will be told that PDF does not support attachments and they should contact the form's author.

Redirect URL - Redirects will only work with web forms. If you define a redirect URL for your form it will be ignored when the user submits their PDF form

Payment Processing - Payments will only work with web forms. If you setup payment processing for your form it will be ignored when the user submits their PDF form

Date Field - Calendar icons and picker are not available in PDF forms. These are only available for web forms

When you save your form to PDF, FormsCentral will warn you if any of these features are found in the form you have designed.

Note: Make sure respondents are filling out the form using Adobe Reader otherwise many other features of the PDF form may not work. If respondents are having issues filling out or submitting the PDF form to FormsCentral please read this FAQ: http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-2653.

Is there a way in formscentral to combine the responses from multiple forms into a single excel file?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 15:47:17 GMT

Is there a way in formscentral to combine the responses from multiple forms into a single excel file?

Is Forms Central part of the Creative Cloud subscription?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 20:23:39 GMT

I have subscribed to Creative Cloud, I have also downloaded an used Forms Central desktop app. created a form, but when I want to publish it I am asked to upgrade/Subscribe now. So the question is, do I have any access to Forms Central publishing - collect responses online - or am I going to have to take out another subscription to be able to do that?

Licencia de Campus como activar full

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 14:24:02 GMT

Soy trabajador de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia y disponemos de licencia de adobe Acrobat profesional XI, hemos querido realizar un formulario para realizar una encuesta online y habíamos pensado realizarla con Acrobat, al iniciar el formulario se abre la aplicaron Adobe FormsCentral, vemos que no dispone de todas sus opciones desbloqueadas y al pinchar en actualizar, vemos que para su versión full, indica que compremos una licencia de adobe acrobat XI y se desbloquearan todas las opciones de este editor de formularios y podremos utilizar todas las funciones de distribución, recibir respuestas ilimitadas...

Mi pregunta es, si ya tengo la licencia de Acrobat XI, ¿Por qué no se activan todas las funciones de Adobe FormsCentral?

Issues regarding form pdf?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 10:44:04 GMT

Hello There,

I recently downloaded Adobe Pro to test and create a form pdf. I performed the following:

1. Included a few fields, including mandatory ones which showed * sign while designing. When I saved as pdf, on my local drive. When I opened the pdf file the mandatory * sign just didn't showed up.

How can I force the user to enter all the mandatory fields before he saves the file?

The other problem I faced is when I try to distribute and would like to save the pdf in my local drive, it wouldn't allow me to do so, but asks to save in share point or network drive

Could you please advise?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks & regards

Don

NEW FEATURE: Page Skip Logic (aka Page Branching)

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 00:29:34 GMT

Redirect after submit wasn't the only feature we added in our Friday (6/24/11) release - we also added the ability to skip over pages based on the respondent's answers to questions. The was one of the most requested features on the forum and e-mail feedback. Currently respondents have to see all questions even if some of them do not apply to them. This causes you to add text to your form that says "If you answered yes to the last question then answer this question otherwise skip it" - this of course puts a big burden on the respondent.

So now, if you have the Basic or Plus plans, you can add rules to your page breaks that allow non-relevant questions to be skipped. Let me give you an example - Let's pretend we want to create a registration form. For everyone registering I want to collect their name, address, registration type, and session they want to attend. For those that choose speaker as their registration type I need to collect some additional info about them. Also, premier and speaker registration types are provided meals so I need to ask them what type of meal they want. Here is a diagram that illustrates the branching:

Click on images to see larger views

When using page skip logic its best to create all of your pages and questions first then setup up the rules. This is because when setting up the rules you need to reference the questions and pages.

So first, I would click on the page break between page 1 and 2. You'll see a Navigate to Page option, check the box:

Checking the box will bring up a dialog to define the rules. So for all of the registration types that are not speaker or premier we will go to page 4. For speakers we will go to page 2 (and then complete all pages); for premier we will go to page 3 (skip speaker info page and only ask for meal options). Here is what the completed dialog would look like:

And that's it - now respondents will only see the questions that they absolutely need to answer.

This works with the forms you've already created as well as new ones.

You can also watch this video to see how it works first hand:

Try it out and give us your feedback!

Randy Swineford

FormsCentral product manager

Added video to post (Randy Swineford)

No horizontal scroll bars in embedded form.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:21:23 GMT

When I embed the form how can I add horizontal scroll bars so that all of my form is viewable when the browser window is smaller than the form? The vertical scroll bars are there but not the horizontal?

How many forms can I create under the Adobe FormsCentral Basic Service plan?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:23:19 GMT

Under my current Adobe FormsCentral Basic Service plan I have created at least five forms and just deleted two of them. Can I create two new forms without being charged extra?

FormsCentral form won't work on iOS 8!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:12:02 GMT

I have a client who gains access to an online-hosted form that I created for them via FormsCentral. They have iPads in their airplanes and complete my "safety checklist" before they fly. They upgraded every pilot's iPad to iOS 8 yesterday, except for one. The iOS 7 iPad is the only one that will allow them access to complete and submit their form. Now they're looking to me for the answer, and I'm hoping Adobe jumps on this quick!! Any thoughts on how to correct this?

cancel subscribtion?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 07:47:00 GMT

Hi,

the 'manage my account' link doesn't seem to work. Any reason? Sascha

Tutorial: Enable Form Fillers to Save a Web Form

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:31:23 GMT

Often respondents may need to fill out a form over a period of time, this is especially true for a very long form. Previously the only solution to this problem was to distribute a PDF form (because web forms didn't support save). With the save web form option respondents can save their work in progress and come back later to finish and submit. Note: The save web form feature is only available with a paid Basic or Plus subscription.

To enable respondents to save their web forms go to the Options tab and check the enable box:

Once a respondent saves their web form a customized email is sent to them that includes a link to retrieve their saved form data. You can pick the field that the email will be sent to, and customize the From/Subject/Message area.

A respondent's form data expires after several days. You can specify the length of time using the Expiration drop down - from 1 - 28 days.

If the Save Web Form feature is enabled then a Save link is displayed in the bottom right corner of the web form:

When the respondent clicks the Save link they will be presented with a dialog asking them to enter/confirm their email address so a link can be sent to them:

After they click Save & Send they will see an indicator confirming that their progress has been saved:

The respondent will then receive a customized email that includes a link back to the form data:

When they click on the link they will be taken back to their form and all of their previously saved data will be used to repopulate the form:

Note: If you changed the form after you distributed it then respondents will get the new form and their saved data will be used to populate the fields that were the same between the old and new version. Saved data associated with new/updated fields will be ignored.

Tutorial: Creating and distributing fillable PDF forms

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:01:20 GMT

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FormsCentral allows you to create, distribute and collect data using fillable PDF forms. When you distribute your form as a PDF respondents will be able to:

Fill out and save forms offline, then submit when back online
Fill out the form little by little over several hours/days, then submit when completed
Forward the PDF form to other people to fill out different sections of the form then submit when completed
Keep the filled out PDF form for their records
Print a copy of the PDF form

Note: You need a paid (Basic or Plus) account in order to use this feature.

The Page View mode in the design tab shows how the form will be laid out across pages when saved to PDF. You can access the page view mode by selecting it in the lower right corner of the UI:

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Based on the paper size chosen (File menu -> Form Setup), page view mode will automatically break the fields up into pages.

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You can also define your own custom page breaks within page view by clicking the new page button on the item toolbar

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Note: Page breaks created in the Web View do not show up in Page View – each view has its own independent page breaks. This allows you to better optimize your form pagination based on the form type (web vs PDF)

Once you have setup your form go to the Distribute tab to distribute the PDF form.

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If you want to save out a fillable PDF form that does NOT contain a Submit button (the data will NOT be collected using FormsCentral) then uncheck the Add Submit Button checkbox. This option is focused at users who just want a PDF form that can be sent around in email, filled out and then managed like a document.

If the Add Submit Button check box is checked then it will save out a fillable PDF form that contains a Submit button at the bottom of the form. Respondents can fill out the form, click submit and all of their data will appear in the FormsCentral response table.

Click Download to get the PDF file to distirbute.

Note: You can distribute both a web form and fillable PDF form at the same time - the options are not mutually exclusive. All of the submitted data from both will appear in the response table.

The fillable PDF forms created using FormsCentral allow Adobe Reader users to fill out the form, save the file locally and submit their data. Your respondents only need Adobe Reader or Acrobat (versions 8.0 or later)

Note: If your respondents cannot submit the PDF or are having issues while filling out the form they probably are not using the Adobe Reader/Acrobat. Read this FAQ for more info: http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-2653

PDF forms do have a couple of limitations that prevent some of the FormsCentral features from working with them. PDF forms do not support these features (click here for more info):

Page Skip Logic
Question Skip Logic
Redirect URLs
Payment Processing
Attachments

Sharing and Notifications - instructions for co-authors to verify email

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:51:09 GMT

When adding an email address to "Email Notifications" or to the "From" field in "Email Reciepts" you will see the following alert/s if there is not a verified account set up by the user:

The Email address you add to either Notifications or Reciepts must have a "verified" FormsCentral account to have the form shared with them (which is a requirement for Notifications and the "From" field in Reciepts).

If the user has not created an account they should create a new "Free" level account (or paid subscription) and during that process they are sent an email "Verify Your Email Address with your Adobe Acrobat.com Service" (Subject line may vary) with a link to click to "Verify" their email address.

If the user has created an account but has not yet "verified" their email address:

The user should have a "Verify" email "Verify Your Email Address with your Adobe Acrobat.com Service" (Subject line may vary), locate that email and click the inlcuded "Confirm Email Address" link or copy and paste the link from the email into a web browser.
If the user cannot locate that "Verify..." email they should attempt to sign into FormsCentral using the email address and they will be presented dialog will ask the user if they would like the verification email sent again - click to send the verification email again and then locate the email and click the link

Once the verification link in that email has been clicked the account is active and they will be able to access the shared form and Email Notifications can be sent to that user.

New! Create, distribute and collect data using a fillable PDF form

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:59:53 GMT

FormsCentral now allows you to create, distribute and collect data using fillable PDF forms. When you distribute your form as a PDF respondents will be able to:

Fill out and save forms offline, then submit when back online
Fill out the form little by little over several hours/days, then submit when completed
Forward the PDF form to other people to fill out different sections of the form then submit when completed
Keep the filled out PDF form for their records
Print a copy of the PDF form

The new Page View mode in the design tab shows how the form will be laid out across pages when saved to PDF. You can access the page view mode by selecting it in the lower right corner of the UI:

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Based on the paper size chosen (File menu -> Form Setup), page view mode will automatically break the fields up into pages.

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You can also define your own custom page breaks within page view by clicking the new page button on the item toolbar.

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Page breaks created in the Web View do not show up in Page View – each view has its own independent page breaks. This allows you to better optimize your form pagination based on the form type (web vs PDF)

Once you have setup your form go to the Distribute tab to distribute the PDF form.

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Save Submission-Enabled PDF - This will save out a fillable PDF form that contains a Submit button at the bottom of the form. Respondents can fill out the form, click submit and all of their data will appear in the response table.

If you want to save out a fillable PDF form that does not contain a Submit button (the data will not be collected using FormsCentral) then go to the File menu and select the Save as PDF Form menu item. You will be asked if you want to collect responses or not using FormsCentral. Select "Don't Collect Responses" - this option is focused at users who just want a PDF form that can be sent around in email, filled out and then managed like a document.

The fillable PDF forms created using FormsCentral allow Adobe Reader users to fill out the form, save the file locally and submit their data. Your respondents only need Reader or Acrobat version 8, 9 or X.

You can also distribute both a web form and fillable PDF form at the same time - the options are not mutually exclusive. All of the submitted data from both will appear in the response table.

PDF forms do have a couple of limitations that prevent some of the FormsCentral features from working with them. PDF forms do not support these features (click here for more info):

Page Skip Logic
Question Skip Logic
Redirect URLs
Payment Processing
Attachments

This feature is part of our Basic and Plus plans.

Please send us your feedback on this feature. Enjoy!

Why does the submit button not work on my PDF form?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:47:27 GMT

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In order to properly fill out, save and submit a PDF form created using FormsCentral respondents must use Adobe Reader or Acrobat 8.0 or greater.

They can download the latest Adobe Reader from here: http://get.adobe.com/reader/

If respondents use any other PDF viewer they will likely not be able to submit the PDF form - clicking the submit button will do nothing. Additionally, field validation (required, character limits, min/max, etc) and formatting may not work correctly. Most non-Adobe PDF viewers (Apple Preview, Google Chrome PDF viewer, etc) do not fully implement the complete PDF form specification. Because of this, make sure you tell your respondents to use Adobe Reader or Acrobat to fill out the PDF form otherwise they may run into any number of problems while filling out and submitting the form.

Also note that if a FormsCentral PDF form is saved using the Apple native PDF preview application that the PDF file will be completely rewritten and will no longer work in the Adobe Reader. The form will no longer be fillable or submittable to the FormsCentral service.

Adobe FormsCentral Overview Tutorial

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:08:47 GMT

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Adobe FormsCentral is an online service from Adobe that lets you easily distribute, collect and analyze data using web or PDF forms and surveys. With FormsCentral, you can create attractive, professional online forms -- including questionnaires, contact forms, registration pages, mailing lists and much more -- and then quickly analyze your data from anywhere in real time while maintaining data security. You can also share links via e-mail, Twitter or web pages and your recipients can access and complete forms or surveys from any device with a web browser and Internet connection – smartphones, tablets, laptops, or desktop devices.

Get started quickly

The My Forms organizer is your hub for creating and distributing forms, managing responses, and analyzing results. Simply click the New Form button to launch the forms authoring tool...

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or select the Templates tab and choose one of many templates available to help get you started...

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FormsCentral also allows you to import an existing fillable PDF form and use the FormsCentral service to collect and analyze the submitted data. You don't have to recreate your existing PDF forms within the service in order to take advantage of FormsCentral’s data collection/analysis capabilities. You can use popular tools like Adobe Acrobat or Adobe InDesign to create fillable PDF forms that work with FormsCentral. To import a PDF form go to the “My Forms” tab, click the More button on the toolbar and select “Import PDF Form.” Learn more about Importing Existing PDF Forms

Design with freedom

Six tabs across the top of your screen -- Design, Options, Test, Distribute, View Responses and Summary Report -- give you access to everything you need to manage your form or survey, from creation and testing to distribution and analyzing responses.

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Whether you're working in a template or creating a form from scratch, the Forms Palette has a variety of field types you can add to your form or survey. Mousing over the icons on the Forms Palette reveals the name of each option. You can collapse or expand the Forms Palette as needed. You can insert a field anywhere be selecting an existing field and clicking the "+" arrow on the left side of the field. Doing this will add a field above the selected one.

Supported fields and items include:

Text (single-line)

Text (multi-line)

Number

Currency

Percent

Date

E-mail

Single choice (radio buttons)

Multiple choice (multiple check boxes)

Drop down menu

Check box (single)

Rating scale / Likert (matrix of choices)

Attachments (upload files) (Learn more about Attachments)

Formatted static text

Image

Horizontal line

Page break

Customize for your business

You can easily customize the look and feel of your form or survey -- change background, font and horizontal line colors and add images and logos -- to promote and reinforce your brand. You can change a field's properties by simply clicking the field to open the Field Properties box.

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Share and collaborate

With FormsCentral you can collaborate in a secure online environment to work on forms and surveys and preview and test forms before respondents see them. Click the Share button to see the current sharing status of your form. You can share your form with selected individuals — choosing who can view or edit in your file — or you can publish it so anyone with the assigned URL can view the response table with all the form submissions. You also control who can re-share your form.

Each participant shows on the collaborator bar at the bottom of the page. Mousing over each icon will display the role assigned, current or most recent activity, and e-mail address.

Author: This is the creator of the form or survey. The author can share a form, assign roles, edit, test, and distribute forms, and analyze data.
Co-author: Co-authors can edit, test, and distribute forms and analyze data.
Contributor: Contributors can view the form and edit responses.
Reader: Readers can only view responses.

When you publish a form file, anyone with the URL can view responses or test your form without needing to sign in. You can also embed the URL on a web page for easy access to the response table. Form files can be un-published at any time.

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Setup e-mail notifications, submissions receipts and other options

The Options tab within FormsCentral allows you to setup the closed message, confirmation message, redirect URL, e-mail notifications and e-mail submission receipts.

The Confirmation Message is shown after respondents submit their form. The text and formatting is completely customizable.

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Once the respondent views the confirmation message you can optionally set a Redirect URL to your web site or back to the first page of the form so they can fill it out again. Learn more about the Redirect URL option

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When you turn on Notifications an e-mail will be sent to you every time a respondent submits the form. You can optionally include the data submitted with the e-mail notification. Anyone the form file is shared with can turn on notifications.

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When Submission Receipts is enabled a customized email will be sent to the respondent after they submit their data. The subject and message can be customized, and you can optionally include their data within the email. Learn more about Submissions Receipts

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Preview your work and test your form or survey

The Test feature in Adobe FormsCentral lets you see your form or survey exactly the way your respondents will see it — all before making it publicly available. Use the Test tab to test your form to better understand the experience recipients will have when they receive and fill out the form. You can decide if you need to adjust field sizes, add questions, or change a field type.

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Easily distribute forms and surveys

Your respondents can easily complete your form or survey using a web form with a browser or using a PDF form with Adobe Reader. Their data is automatically added to your response table, eliminating the need to consolidate or transcribe responses into an offline spreadsheet. For web forms, simply use the unique URL that appears in the Distribute tab to share your form with anyone via e-mail, Twitter, or instant messaging — or post the link on your web page or blog. Because your form is in HTML, respondents can complete it on their smart phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer. All they need is a web browser and an Internet connection.

FormsCentral also allows you to create, distribute and collect data using fillable PDF forms. When you distribute your form as a PDF respondents will be able to:

Fill out and save forms offline, then submit when back online
Fill out the form little by little over several hours/days, then submit when completed
Forward the PDF form to other people to fill out different sections of the form then submit when completed
Keep the filled out PDF form for their records
Print a copy of the PDF form

Note: You can distribute both a web form and fillable PDF form at the same time - the options are not mutually exclusive. All of the submitted data from both will appear in the response table.

Learn more about creating and distributing PDF forms

Opening a form makes it accessible to respondents so they can complete and submit it. If a form is closed, it is not available to respondents. A visual cue on the Distribute tab lets you quickly see your form's status. You can change the status of your form at any time after it’s opened by simply closing it to responses, going back to the Design tab, making any desired changes, and opening it to responses again on the Distribute tab. While changes are being made, respondents will not have access to the form until it’s opened again.

FormsCentral collects all your responses, in real time, and automatically adds the data to your response table, eliminating the need to collect results manually and transfer them to a spreadsheet.

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Analyze and share your data

Because new data is added to your response table as each person clicks submit, you can immediately view and analyze your results in real time. Summary formulas and tables are automatically updated so you can easily report results.

FormsCentral employs industry-standard technology for Internet security. When you access FormsCentral, SSL technology protects your information using both server authentication and data encryption.

You can customize how you view your data by searching, sorting, and filtering to see the data that is important to you. Multiple people on your team can view, contribute to, and analyze the data at the same time. The Private View option lets you view and analyze the form without affecting other users who may be concurrently viewing the response table. You can also drill down and view an individual response as a stand-alone record.

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You can act quickly on your data by adding fields, such as columns, to your response table. You can make specific responses stand out using row, cell, and column highlighting, filter by specific data, and even track manually edited or added responses. Use built-in formulas for math and statistics to analyze your response data. You can also add simple or complex formulas to perform mathematical or statistical analysis. To do even more, export response data — as much or as little content as you like — to an Excel spreadsheet, PDF document, or CSV file.

The Summary Report tab makes it easy to understand the data because it shows the result of each question as a chart. The charts are automatic generated and completely customizable - change the order, fonts, size, and number of values shown. Once customized, save it to a PDF file or export the report tiles to high resolution images that can be used in a presentation.

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Manage your form files

The FormsCentral organizer helps you manage the forms and surveys you've created, open or close them for responses, duplicate or remove an item, or create a new form. From the My Forms tab you can see what forms are open and closed, how many total responses you've received, and how many new responses have come in since the last time you checked. You can also change the state of a selected form by opening or closing it and sharing it with collaborators. Double clicking a form name will open it where you were the last time you closed the form file, enabling you to easily pick up where you left off.

Can you link specific questions to list variables where it pops up choices depending on the question?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 11:38:26 GMT

If i am asking a specific question for example:

Alpha Sector, then if Alpha Sector was selected then you must list what POSITION on ALPHA work is being performed.

Alpha = Alpha Position 1

Alpha Position 2

Alpha Position 3

Alpha Position 4

Alpha Position 5 , then depending on which of these are selected, it also has another question as well. What will be the FREQUENCY on that SPECIFIC POSITION.

Say that Alpha was SELECTED, then work is being performed on ALPHA Position 1, then another popup here should allow another question to be answered: What is the FREQUENCY for ALPHA Position 1 ? then once this was asked if Alpha Position 2 was also SELECTED, then go through the same above ROUTINE.

Alpha = Alpha Position 2 was also selected, then another popup here should allow another question to be answered: What is the FREQUENCY for ALPHA Position 2 ? and SO ON.

How is this accomplished? Would i have to create new pages then link to them or what?

Please help, feel free to call or email me direct.

Thank you,

Robert.Locklear@tpscomm.com

314-421-9134

Robert

How can I change the status of a closed form?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:43:06 GMT

Can I change the status of a closed form to open?? HOw??

teregtz

need to change name and e-mail address on an account - change of employee

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:29:58 GMT

I need to change the name and e-mail address of a current adobe account to another employees.

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Get started quickly

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Design with freedom

Customize for your business

Share and collaborate

Setup e-mail notifications, submissions receipts and other options

Preview your work and test your form or survey

Easily distribute forms and surveys

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Analyze and share your data

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Manage your form files

Can you link specific questions to list variables where it pops up choices depending on the question?

How can I change the status of a closed form?

need to change name and e-mail address on an account - change of employee