On Menu Bar, choose Right PDF > Preferences…, or press Command + K on your keyboard to show the Preferences dialog box. Choose Forms > Forms from the options menu to the left. Set form preferences:

General

  • Automatically calculate field values: check this box to enable automatic calculations when data is entered. See Calculate field data for details.

  • Show focus rectangle: highlight the form field with focus. If the focus is on the current form field, or when your click a button, a check box, a radio button, a list box, or a signature field with the Hand tool, a dotted square appears about it.

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    Show focus rectangle selected (Left) Show focus rectangle deselected (Right)

Highlight Form Fields

  • Highlight form fields when document is opened. All form fields are automatically highlighted when the document is opened.

  • Check Show outline hover for fields when mouse enter to have form fields outlined when a cursor hovers over them.

  • Click Fields highlight color, specify a color, and then use the Highlight Fields command to have form fields highlighted in the color you specify. The Highlight Fields command is enclosed in the document message bar or you can choose Form > Advanced > Highlight Form Fields.

     

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    Set Fields highlight color in aqua (Left); Use Highlight Fields to highlight form fields in aqua (Right)

     

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    Two ways to access Highlight Form Fields: A. Form >  Highlight Form Fields B. Document message bar > Highlight Fields

 

  • Click Required fields highlight color and specify an outline color of Required fields. Note that only radio buttons, combo boxes, text fields and signature fields can be set as required fields. Follow the steps to highlight a required item:

    (1) Do either of the following to set a required field:

    • Create a form field and then its Properties dialog box appears. Under the General tab, check Required to make it a required item.

    • Open a PDF file that contains form fields. Double-click a field to show its Properties dialog box. Check Required to make it a required item.

    (2) Choose Right PDF > Preferences… > Forms. Under Highlight Form Fields, click Required fields highlight color and in the color palette, choose a predefined color or define a custom color.

    • Choose Form > Highlight Form Fields.

    • Click Highlight Fields in the Document message bar.

Auto-Complete

If this feature is on, the text field drop-down menu offers you relevant options based on the entries you previously entered, helping you fill out the form quickly. You may check Remember numerical data, which helps storing user entered numeric values. If this option is not selected, then only text options will be provided.

Edit Entry List.... Display current entries in the Auto-complete database. To remove an entry from the list, click one of them and click Remove; to clear the entire list, click Remove all.

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