New Form Creation Question

I have my form created with all the information I need in it. I also have my TAB order the way I need it to be. My question is, is there a way for me to make the current field I'm in be highlighted a certain color so the person filling out the form will know where they are at quickly instead of looking for the blinking curser? I'd rather have the field highlighted a color. Thanks

Sure, on the enter event you could type in:
this.border.fill.color.value = "0,255,0";
to turn the background green, for example, and then on the exit event of the same field:
this.border.fill.color.value = "255,255,255";
to change the background back to white when the user leaves the field. You'll need to set the scripting language to javascript for these to work.

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<zq>
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