Compulsory Fields

[CiaranMHR]

Hi Guys

Does anyone know how to create compulsory fields so that the user cannot move onto the next field unless they have completed the previous field?

Thanks in advance!

[John Waller]

Using which Adobe software?

[CiaranMHR]

Thanks for getting back to me John. I'm using Adobe Acrobat XI Standard

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[try67]

It's a bad idea to do that. What if the user accidentally clicks into one of those fields? They can't exit it and will have to close the entire file... If you want to force people to fill in a field before submitting the file then you should define it as "required" and then it will be validated automatically if you use a button to submit it back to you. Otherwise you can display a warning message before the file is saved or even printed, but forcing the user to be "stuck" in a specific field is not very user-friendly.