Fillable Forms with Required Fields

So I know how to create a fillable form, but is there a way to force a user to fill out all of the fields on the form before they can save the form?  Any help is much appreciated.

Thank you for the suggestions.  Clicking the required checkbox only highlights the field in red, it doesn't actually notify the user that the field is in fact required.  I don't think I'll be able to go the java script route.  I've done some research through Pro's help site and there doesn't seem to be any way to do this at this point in time.
They should add this in the future!

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