Acrobat 9-forms-Radio buttons print different than check boxes

I am using Acrobat Pro 9 to create forms.
I've used both radio buttons and check boxes (that are circles).
Forms were designed in InDesign with Zapf Dingbats as the open circles to be filled in.
I used radio buttons when the user had to pick one over the other.
I used check boxes when there were multiple choices or I wanted the user to be able to uncheck a box. (I used the circle style so they would look like radio buttons).
The radio buttons are printing differently than the check boxes. It looks almost like there is an overlay on top of the actual open circle created by Zapf Dingbats.
I checked the "appearance" window and there is no border or fill color on the radio buttons (same for the check boxes).
Under the <general> tab, <common properties> is visible. I'm assuming it should be in order for the radio button to appear on the form.
I would appreciate any input as to how to fix this.
Thansk!
Maureen

That's just the way radio buttons are, and one reason I rarely use them in preference to check boxes. If Adobe wanted to, they could allow you to use any appearance you want for both the selected an unselected state of a check box or radio button, but they've actually further restricted your options over the years.

Similar Messages

I made a fillable form using indesign and then acrobat professional but need to have radio buttons trigger different fields showing in the form below them - is that possible and if so how do I do it??

I made a fillable form using indesign and then acrobat professional but need to have radio buttons trigger different fields showing in the form below them - is that possible and if so how do I do it??

What version of Reader are they using, exactly? And are you sure they're
using Reader itself and not opening the file inside a browser window, for
example?
On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 5:24 PM, jessicao96457206 <[email protected]>

Forms - Radio Buttons as check boxes which turn into circles - Need them to stay as check boxes.

Hi
I am working on some forms for Teachers Reports it is a generic document for student reports. I have set the document in Indesign 6 and edited the pdf form in Acrobat Pro.
The form consists of Radio Buttons (Check Boxes) as they have to score the child between 1-4 and the teacher is only allowed to select 1 box from out of the 4 boxes (hence radio buttons) .
The problem we are having is that there might be 2-3 teachers that have to write and score each child's in a certain section of the report and they might use a PC or MAC to do this.
For some reason, some of the reports have changed the Radio Button "Check Boxes" to a "Circle" both in the PDF and when printing and they need it to be a Check box. (In indesign this was set to Check Box and to print as a Check box)
Some how after the teachers have used different computers the check boxes have changed to circles and we need to change them back to check boxes but is there a way to change them without having to go "Forms" > "Edit" > "Select all circles" > "Properties" > "Options" > "Button Styles" > "Change to Check".
But it is not changing to all of the reports on some.
Is there an easier option can select properties and search the "circles" and change to "check boxes" for the whole document?
I really don't want to have to go into each report and have to change each individually or export and import the data in the forms and the teachers dont want to have to rewrite each report.
Someone please help!

Are all of the teachers using Adobe Reader (or Acrobat), as opposed to something like Preview on tha Mac or Microsoft Reader on Windows? Preview is known to corrupts PDF form in a number of ways, including converting radio buttons to check boxes. Microsoft Reader causes other types of corruption. Also, if you create the fields in InDesign, it uses non-standard appearances for the various states and even Reader/Acrobat doesn't always set them in the way you might expect, so it's best to create them in Acrobat.
Your description is a bit confusing since you're calling them radio buttons and check boxes at the same time. Can you clarify what the original field type is?
It is possible to set the various field appearance properties with a script, which could loop through all of the fields and make the needed changes, but without more information about what's causing the changes and exactly what the changes are, it's hard to suggest anything specific.

Want Print Priview of check box on smart forms

Hi Expert,
I want Print Priview of check box on smart forms.
I get the checkbox symbol when i give the print out but it not show in priview.
So pls suggest how it show in print priview.
Thanks & Regards
SwatantraPathak

Hi,
If you used the symbols then you cannot see the print preview of the checkboxes. This can seen in the print. If you want to have the print preview of checkbiex you have to create the Window of same size as check size and place it where you required. This cannot be possible with symbols

Multiple Report print out on Check box click

Hi,
I am using version apex_3.2.
I have created Report and define check box in report. i want to give print functionality on check box. As i tick multiple invoices from report and click on print link defined below to the report, Selected Invoices should be printed. How i can do this?
Thanks & regards
Vedant

Hello Vedant,
<li> Do you already have a report that will accept multiple invoice numbers as input and generate required "Invoice Report" for you?
<li> If Yes - Are you looking to generate URL based on user check-box selection? If so, please provide sample URL format which will accept multiple invoice numbers.
<li> If No - I think first you should create such report (I have limited knowledge on Oracle Reports though)
Regards,
Hari

Help with creating a form, I want to add a check box to enable me to unlock certain fields and deselect the block again

Help with creating a form, I want to add a check box to enable me to unlock certain fields and deselect the block again

Look to the right under "More Like This". Your issue has been discussed many many times. The error you are seeing is because you do not have enough free "contiguous" space on your hard drive. Read the other threads that address this issue to find how to solve the issue.
Or, put "The disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved" into the search box at the upper right of this page.

Form Radio Buttons or Checkboxes not created in Acrobat 9 Pro

If this needs to be placed in another forum, please just let me know.
I am using Acrobat 9 Pro - current version - 9.4.3.
I am using Word 2010
I am running Windows 7
I have created a simple form in Word. Using the guidelines from the white paper - Acro9_designforms.pdf provided by Adobe, those fields where I want a radio button insert a checkbox instead when running the Form Wizard in Acrobat.
My sample is exactly the same as in the sample used in the white paper.
I used a circle symbol from the Wingdings font, as recommended by Adobe.
Salutation
O Mr.
O Ms.
O Dr.
The end result is still a checkbox, even though it is a circle in the display.
What am I doing wrong?
I do not want to use LiveCycle Designer, as once the form is created in LiveCycle, the form fields can no longer be edited in Acrobat and I must maintain the ability to edit in Acrobat.
Thank you for your assistance.

Oh, the Wizard is a fabulous tool for basic forms. And, since Adobe has given an extensive list of 'guidelines', which is what I am testing, I thought I would ask for feedback from those who do use it and from those who have had success in using it.
The Wizard is mostly terrific, if you use the guidelines when setting up the source document. It saves a lot of manual field creation and fixing later. This one, though, is not working as expected. So, I might be doing something wrong and the responses I seek are from those who have had success with the feature - not with manual workarounds, which of course we know can be achieved. :)
Nothing is "magic". I don't think either I or Adobe are implying that it should be. However, when they state a feature works in a certain way and I am not getting those results, I like to explore why. Silly me. hahaha
The example I gave in my initial post is the only thing in the form, as I am testing the features for when I present this topic.
I am merely trying to determine if others are having success (or not) when creating their document initially in Word (for example), using the guidelines that Adobe states for Radio Buttons being created. If there is a certain font that someone is having success with other than those stated by Adobe, I would love to know. For me, so far, it is not. If it's user error, then I would love to know from someone who has had success.
Here is what Adobe states as part of their Radio Button form field guidelines when setting up a document in Word, for example:
§ Use circular objects or numbered buttons to in a single row or column to indicate radio buttons.
§ Use group labels to the left of or above each radio button group – otherwise they will default to check boxes. Field names are determined from the group labels and individual button labels from the text to the right of each location.
§ Use the following text labels to have radio buttons created automatically: Yes/No, M/F, Male/Female, Mr/Mrs/Miss/Dr.
§ Use one of the following group labels to have radio buttons created automatically: Salutation, Sex, Occupation.
thanks

Forms- Radio buttons

Hi,
I've got a form that has radio buttons included which work fine. But what I want is, when a particular radio button is clicked then a new sub-menu will appear, and there will be a different sub-menu for each radio button. Apologies if I haven't explained it that well but I will post any clarifications should you need them.
Thanks.

You want to do a search for javascript and dependant radio buttons. You should be able to get a script pretty quick.
Gary

Cant fill a form (radio button)

Hey.
I frequently need to fill a form and I cant do so with my Ipad because at certain point I need to select an option with a radio button and the Ipad doesnt recognize it. The form also has square box and there I dont have a problem, I can check it. But when it comes to the radio (circular) button, I cant hit it and fill it.
Why is this so?
Thanks.
(Sorry for my poor english)

Radio button can be selected using the Safari App on the iPad, but the website has to be at least somewhat coded for mobile viewing. See if you can zoom in on the screen before tapping the radio button, this sometimes help. If in the end, you are still unable to complete it, try another browser like Chrome. Some websites don't play nice with mobile devices and touch screens so you may get mixed results. Apple uses Radio buttons in the forgot.apple.com website as well as many other I'm assuming and they all function fine from the iPad screen, so it is more than likely just the website you are utilizing. Good Luck.

Form/Radio Button/Email Question

How can I fix the form on http://www.cec-waterjet.com/Contact/index.html so that it sends an email to the contact whose radio button is selected?

The script you have now should work, it's just not very secure. I meant find a different script where, instead of entering the actual email address in the recipient field, you entered a key or index that points to the address that's been entered somewhere in the script or configuration file, so the email address isn't anywhere in the HTML. I've got an (old-ish) PHP script that works that way here:
http://www.mindpalette.com/scripts/index.php#NMAnchor
...but if you need another CGI script like you've already got, I don't have any specific recommendations, sorry. It was just a suggestion :-)
I removed your code from your message #2 to try to prevent that from getting spam harvested.

How to combine the radio buttons in different panels

Hello everyone.I have to have some form of panels, each of which I want to put a radio button. How to make sure that when you select one of the radio buttons, the second was not selected ? Now both are selected. For convenience, made a small example.
var w = new Window('dialog', '');
    p3 = w.add("panel", undefined, " panel1 ", {borderStyle:"r"});
    p3.orientation = "column";
    p3.alignment='left';
    p3.preferredSize = [200,107];
    p3.spacing=0;
        var etProd = p3.add('edittext',undefined,'');
        etProd.preferredSize = [170,20];
        etProd.alignment = "top";
    grProd1 =p3.add('group');
    grProd1.orientation = 'row';
    grProd1.alignment="left";
        btnProd_add = grProd1.add('button',undefined,"Add");
        btnProd_del = grProd1.add('button',undefined,"Del");
        rb1 = p3.add('radiobutton',undefined,'import');
        rb1.alignment='left';
    p2 = w.add("panel", undefined, " panel2 ", {borderStyle:"r"});
    p2.orientation = "column";
    p2.alignment='left';
    p2.preferredSize = [200,107];
    p2.spacing=0;
        var etProd2 = p2.add('edittext',undefined,'');
        etProd2.preferredSize = [170,20];
        etProd2.alignment = "top";
    grProd2 =p2.add('group');
    grProd2.orientation = 'row';
    grProd2.alignment="left";
        btnProd_add = grProd2.add('button',undefined,"Add");
        btnProd_del = grProd2.add('button',undefined,"Del");
        rb2 = p2.add('radiobutton',undefined,'import');
        rb2.alignment='left';
w.show();

If you are wanting a toggle them then you could that in the call backs… add above show();
rb1.onClick = function() {
     rb2.value = false;
rb2.onClick = function() {
     rb1.value = false;

Adobe Form- Radio Button!!

Hi Experts,
I am working on the Adobe Form in which the data is coming from the Backend RFC. So my DataSource is binded to the Bapi node.
Now my requirement is to add Radio Button for which I have defined in the Dictionary SimpleTypes and binded an attribute to it.
The problem is since my DataSource in the PDF Form is already binded to the Bapi node I cant get the data for the Radoi button from the attribute(Dictionary simpleType).
Can somebody suggest me how to go about it in my case. Any useful Help will be given points.
thanks,
Vikram..

Hi,
You will have to define a value node and then copy values from model node to value node. This way you can define additional attrbute apart from the atributes for data.
Let me know if you have any problems.
Regards,
Ashutosh

Controling HTML form Radio Button

I'm working on automating the check-in and check-out of items in a process queue, but the process queue is web-based. I can input usernames, lot IDs, passwords, and "press" submit buttons programatically by using ActiveX IWebBrowser2 properties (and related).
Here's what I currently have, mostly stolen from a post from 2005.
The Old Post:
http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/How-to-fill-out-and-submit-a-web-form-using-LabVIEW/m-p/1018248/high...
As I said, I can input usernames and passwords and submit the form, but I am having trouble setting the value of a Radio button.
Here's a snippit of what I'm trying, and my VI is attached. I've also attached the relevant HTML.
Solved!
Go to Solution.
Attachments:
web page radio button HTML.txt ‏2 KB
WIPTrac experiments.vi ‏23 KB

Hello,
I have a html form compounds in two fields first and last name and a sibmit button, how can I control it in labview
Attachments:
form.png ‏60 KB
forme.vi ‏19 KB
form.txt ‏1 KB

ODI Execute Button Acting Different than Right-Click - Execute in Diagram

We have noticed that clicking the 'Green Arrow' Execute button in ODI to begin the Execution using First Step with only one Procedure is acting differently than simply right-clicking and selecting 'Execute' within the Diagram tab. We have noticed this issue with only a SQL Procedure.
In other words, when clicking the 'Green Arrow', ODI compiles the package together before executing which seems to make the procedure execute differently than right-clicking and executing the procedure individually.
Has anyone else noticed this issue?

Executing with Green arrow means the entire package would be compiled and executed. In such case if you have any special configuration for that step then that would be effective and thus might show different behavior.
Running a particular step by right clicking on it would be equivalent to running the procedure or interface directly.
Do you see difference in behavior if you run the procedure directly v/s running it within package too?

How can I set a radio button to a be checked using an action script?

Acobat X: I have two radio buttons called EnrollmentType with different values. "New Student" and "Returning Student". I need to set 160 forms to returning student, Please
will this work?
getField("EnrollmentType").value = "Returning Student"

This is Adobe X Pro:
Ok when I click the properties of the radio button. Both have the same
"Enrollment type".
But each has a different "Radio Button Choice" under the Options TAB.
It does work when I process the forms and save the data.
The field "Enrollment type" contains either "New Student" or "Returning
Student" depending on which option they picked.
I am sending these forms back to the parents to edit any new/changed info
and want it to have "Returning Student" checked since they are in fact
returning and not new anymore.

Acrobat 9-forms-Radio buttons print different than check boxes

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for