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Jeni Dawn
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January 27, 2017
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Fill-able and calculatable order form with a submit to email button

  • January 27, 2017
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I have a pdf form created in InDesign on our website that currently needs to be downloaded and printed, hand filled in and mailed in with check. I'd like to make the blanks fillable online with a submit button that will email it to our office. I created a submit button that successfully emails it in the pdf version but the button does not show up on the pdf. I can only tell where it is by the cursor changing to pointer. Also when I uploaded it to try on the website it was just blank and that part didn't even work. I haven't even started on the form part yet. Is there a link to a good tutorial explaining how to do this? I'm fairly new at using Acrobat DC/CC yet

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gkaiseril
Inspiring
January 27, 2017

Many here have found it is best to add the interactive elements using Acrobat. Just leave space for the field object as needed and then use Acrobat to create the form fields.

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Jeni DawnAuthor
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January 27, 2017

That's what I was trying to do. I originally created the form in ID, then exported as a pdf, and now I'm attempting to add a fields to calculate prices and a submit button to the pdf using the "Prepare Form" "ok" option. In edit mode, (I haven't gotten to the "calculate prices" part yet.)  I can see where my submit button is, but in preview mode it doesn't show up on the pdf, although the cursor changes to a pointer and when I click and hold the submit button appears and I can actually send an email from it. I need to figure out the following things yet: 1) how to make the submit button visible, 2) how to calculate the fields in the form to put the correct total in the bottom, and 3) How to keep all those function working when I uploaded to the website.

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gkaiseril
Inspiring
January 27, 2017

If using the form wizard buttons and check boxes are difficult for the wizard to detect. Some have had success if the borders are flat.

But one can always manually add form fields. Then one has more control over the names of the fields and the appearance.

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