If a PDF form contains interactive form fields, you can fill in the form with the Hand command. When you place the pointer over an interactive form field, the pointer icon changes to one of the following:
- Hand icon
-- Appears when mousing over a button, radio button, check box, or item on a list. - I-beam icon
-- Appears when you can type text into the form field.
To fill in an interactive form, please do the following:
- If necessary, select the Hand command.
- (Optional) Before filling in an interactive form, you can also enable auto-complete feature so that Foxit PDF Editor can store your entries and provide relevant suggestions to help you complete forms quickly and easily. For more information about auto-complete, please refer to “Auto-Complete in the Forms preferences”.
- Then click on the first form field you want to fill in, either to select that option or to place an I-beam pointer
in the field so that you can start typing. - Right-click the text fields, and choose Paste or Select All to do other operations.
- After making a selection or entering text, you can press Tab or Shift + Tab to accept the form field change and go to the next or previous field.
- After you fill in the form fields, do one of the following:
- Click the submit button if one exists. Clicking this button sends the form data to a database across the web or over your company intranet.
- Click Save icon
on the Quick Access toolbar, or choose File > Save. - Choose File > Save As, and specify a location for the copy.
Clear a form entry
Click one of the form fields, and use the Backspace key or Delete key.
Reset unsaved form entries
Choose Form > Reset Form.
Fill lengthy entries in forms
Some PDF forms can contain dynamic text fields, which changes the text you input in size to accommodate the text fields. The text appears smaller and smaller when the words you type exceed the current size of the field.
Spell-checking form entries
You can spell- check the text you typed in form fields if the security settings allow.
If you have enabled spell checking by checking Enable spell check from File > Preferences > Spelling, when you insert any English text in the form fields, the spelling errors (if any) will be highlighted and underlined with squiggly lines.
To spell-check entries, do the following:
- Right-click on the misspelled words and you will see a list of five suggested words.
- Choose one of the suggested words to correct your input or ignore the squiggly line.
- If all the suggested words are not the exact words you want to input, try to correct them with other words.