16th May 2008

Lay out Acrobat form fields on a grid

For all you form junkies out there, here is a quick tip on that sexy form layout that we all crave!

You can use grids to help position form fields precisely on a page. You can define the grid spacing, color, and position. You can also choose whether to have the boundaries of a form field snap to grid lines when you’re editing the form field. Grid lines don’t print.


Choose View > Grid.

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To make form fields snap to the nearest grid lines when you create or move them, choose View > Snap To Grid.

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To change your grid preferences, you must go to the edit Acrobat Settings, which can be found in Edit>Preferences,

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Then the last selection is Preferences, note that you can get Preferences by a hot key,  on Windows it is Ctrl K on Mac it is Command ,

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I hope that helps you create some very exciting and snazzy forms.  Thanks all for hanging with me, and remember to keep some life in your life.

Tim

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