Using circles instead of check marks

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May 13, 2021
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I am using Adbobe Acrobat 8.0 Pro and have a form that I've converted over to pdf. I've done all the text fields but this form has several questions that are answered yes or no by "circling" the appropriate answer. Is there a way to use a circle over the yes/no answer without using a check box or does the form have to be redone and eliminate the yes/no answers requiring a circle?

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Amal.

Community Manager

Hi Wislndixie

Hope you are doing well and sorry for the trouble. As described you want to use the circle instead of check box for marking the answer in the PDF form.

If, the check boxes were originally used in the form which you have converted to PDF then please try the following steps and see if that works for you.

1. Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat > Go to Tools > Prepare Form (This will bring the form in editing mode)

2. Remove/delete the check boxes and insert the Radio Button as desired and check

Note: Adobe Acrobat 8 is an old and EOL application. For more information please check the help page - https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/end-support-acrobat-8-reader.html

Regards

Amal

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wislndixie9724896Author

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Thank you for your response but that is not the answer I was looking for. Check boxes were not used on the original form only the words Yes or No. The user was to circle with a pen or pencil the correct answer. I tried using the radio button but I can find a way to just use the "circle" of the radio button instead of the radio button filling in the circle. I've tried setting the "fill" color of the button to a transparent color but can find one, so when I use the radio button it hides the words Yes or No.

Nesa Nurani

Community Expert

Hi Nesa- thanks for sharing this tip- just what I was looking for!

Is there another piece of Javascript code to add so that someone could "uncircle" something if they accidentially circled it?

With the current code, it will let you select something to circle it, but it stays in the circled state afterwards.

The script will already do that when you click on a button a second time.

You should also replace borderColor with strokeColor since the use of borderColor is now discouraged,
although, it is still valid for backward compatibility.

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