At a Glance; Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: Basic Form Improvements; Chapter 1: A Fundamental Forms Primer; Forms Review; Fields Refresher; Properties Refresher; Text Box Field Properties and New Date Field Properties; Dropdown Properties; List Box Properties; Check Box Properties; Radio Button Properties; Button Properties and Image Properties; Digital Signature Properties; Barcode Properties; Tabs Refresher; Summary; Chapter 2: Introduction to Actions; Getting Started

Rating Forms Value Averaging and Sum: Working with Text FieldsThe Validate Tab; Page 2 of Project: The Calculate Tab for the Grand Total Using Sum; Sum and Averaging Using Check Boxes or Radio Buttons with Text Fields; Using Radio Buttons on Page 3 of the Project; Using Check Boxes on Page 3 of the Project; Basic Action Button Triggers for Reset Buttons and Printing Buttons; Reset Button; Print Form Button; Summary; Chapter 3: Creating a QR Code Custom Stamp; Customizing Your QR Code Stamp; QR Code Creation; Using the Stamp Tool; Final Thoughts: QR Code for Professional Printing; Summary

Chapter 4: Buttons, Navigation, Form and Non-Form ActionsCreating a Button Icon; Example of a Button as a Label Only; Non-Form Properties Actions; Pages; Bookmarks; Web Hyperlinks; Rich Media Non-Form Navigation Buttons; Layers Basic Actions; Triggers for Actions; Choose an Action That Requires No Code; Newsletter Navigation with Buttons; Form Navigation with a Button as Helpful Hint; Adding a Comb of Characters; Before Comb and After Comb; More Action Triggers to Show and Hide; Hide and Clear Fields Button; Set Layer Visibility; Using Bookmarks; Using Buttons; Summary

Part 2: Simplified Field Notation and Basic JavaScriptChapter 5: Introduction to Simplified Field Notation and JavaScript; Getting Started; Text Field, Date, and Dropdown Menu Properties; Action Tab; Format Tab; Validate Tab; Calculate Tab; Check Box, Radio Button, Image Field, and Button Properties; List Box Properties; Digital Signature Properties; Barcode Properties; Global Document JavaScript; Web Links and References; Regular Forms vs. E-Sign Forms; JavaScript and Acrobat on the Document Level; Summary; Chapter 6: Basic and Complex Calculations; Getting Started; Sum Value

Simplified Field NotationJavaScript Custom Calculation Script; Final Thoughts; The Final Line of Code; Dropdown Alternatives; Summary; Chapter 7: Format Calculations; Number Formatting; Formatting with a Percentage; A Workaround for the Percentage; Date Formatting; Time Formatting; Final Thoughts; Dropdown Alternatives; Summary; Chapter 8: Various JavaScript Alerts, Notes, and Time Stamps; Alert Types; Create a Document JavaScript; Viewer Version and Validation Alert; Document Actions; Document Will Close; Document Will Print; Alerts Working with Buttons

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