Calculating fields in LiveCycle from a form that I made in Adobe ProX

I hope this makes sense b/c I am totally new to LiveCycle.  I made a form in Adobe ProX, but I don't like the calendar that I added.  I found LiveCycle on my computer and decided to "convert" the document.  Everything works on my fillable form, but I am clueless as to how I add fields. For example our techs work an 8 hour day, but 3 of them may work on the same job together, so I want that column to total.  I thought I did everything correctly, but obviously I don't know what I am doing.  Can anyone help me?

The type of form yo're describing is possible if you create it in LiveCycle Designer. It may also be possible in Acrobat, but there are certain restrictions. The type of form is known as a dynamic XFA form. LiveCycle Designer is not available on the Mac, so you'd have to install the software on a Windows machine and learn how to create this type of form. The LiveCycle Designer forum here is a good resource for getting more help.
Reader 11 now supports creating new pages using templates with a form that you create in Acrobat (Acroform). This requires some JavaScript programming. It also adds support for using a button to display a page from a PDF, which can be an image or anything else a PDF can be. So the user would click a button, be prompted to import a page from an existing PDF, and the button (or a different button) displays it as its icon. This would require the user to convert the image to PDF first, which is relatively easy these days (e.g., using Preview on the Mac, or Word on Mac/Windows). This too involves a bit of JavaScript programming, but it's very simple and straightforward.

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