Enhancing Adobe Acrobat DC Forms with Javascript

Take your PDF forms to the next level. In this book, you'll learn various ways to further improve your PDF Forms using simple JavaScript coding. You'll also discover how a few lines of code can speed up your workflow when working with multiple PDFs in Action Wizard. Enhancing Adobe Acrobat DC Forms with JavaScript covers up-to-date, real working examples that you can easily download, practice with, and edit to suit your own projects. Using screenshots from Adobe Acrobat DC, users or previous versions will also be able to utilize these techniques. This book also shows workarounds and solutions to various form issues you might encounter. Feel empowered by it and improve your PDF documents! JavaScript has been a part of Adobe Acrobat for many versions. However, few people use its features and focus mainly on using the basic form properties, never delving deeper into Acrobat's full capabilities. While information on the web can be helpful, if you don't know enough about how to use JavaScript in Acrobat you will be left with poor results. JavaScript can be difficult to learn, but it does not need to be scary. This book explains it in simple steps at a beginner to intermediate level so you can take full advantage of Acrobat's capabilities in your own projects.

At a Glance; Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: Basic Form Improvements; Chapter 1: A Fundamental Forms Primer; Forms Review; Fields Refresher; Properties Refresher; Text Box Field Properties and New Date Field Properties; Dropdown Properties; List Box Properties; Check Box Properties; Radio Button Properties; Button Properties and Image Properties; Digital Signature Properties; Barcode Properties; Tabs Refresher; Summary; Chapter 2: Introduction to Actions; Getting Started.

Rating Forms Value Averaging and Sum: Working with Text FieldsThe Validate Tab; Page 2 of Project: The Calculate Tab for the Grand Total Using Sum; Sum and Averaging Using Check Boxes or Radio Buttons with Text Fields; Using Radio Buttons on Page 3 of the Project; Using Check Boxes on Page 3 of the Project; Basic Action Button Triggers for Reset Buttons and Printing Buttons; Reset Button; Print Form Button; Summary; Chapter 3: Creating a QR Code Custom Stamp; Customizing Your QR Code Stamp; QR Code Creation; Using the Stamp Tool; Final Thoughts: QR Code for Professional Printing; Summary.

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