It is design mode on / off, toggling between design and view mode, think of it like enable / disable the menu.Īn example says more than a thousand explanations. One important button is the icon of the hand with pointy finger on the button. This will open a small menu with typical GUI elements, such as text edit boxes and list boxes. To use the "Form Controls" toolbar select menu View - Toolbars - "Form Controls". To insert and edit these fields use the special menu toolbar "Form Controls". For each user input special fields need to be inserted. To create a PDF form LibreOffice Writer (the word-processor) is used. These files are for reading only, they are not forms.
All documents types: Text, spreadsheets, slide-shows can be output as PDF like that. This is done with menu File - "Export as PDF.". LibreOffice can create PDF files that are essentially the printer output put into a file. In earlier versions it is difficult to save the updated PDF form. Note for Adobe Acrobat Reader: Use version 11 or newer. When updating of the fields are complete, save the form using menu File - Save. The example PDF can be opened and edited with a standard PDF viewer. To test an example of a PDF form download and open the following PDF file.
The form makes it clear to the user what fields should be filled out and user editing does not risk breaking the layout of the form. This provides a simple practical method to publish forms that a user can fill out by the keyboard rather than on paper.
Most standard PDF viewers can be used to edit the form. It is less known that PDF has an option which allow to create a form that can be edited and saved by the receiving user. PDF is normally used as a final publishing format for sending documents that are complete and the receiver only read.
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