Edit a button, Specify acrobat button display properties, Button behavior options – Adobe Acrobat XI User Manual

Page 240: Scale and position buttons

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Last updated 1/14/2015

A Label only B Icon only C Icon top, label bottom D Label top, icon bottom E Icon left, label right F Label left, icon right G Label over icon

Edit a button

1

If you are not in form editing mode, choose Tools > Forms > Edit. The Forms task pane opens.

2

Select the Button field, and then do any of the following:

• To edit the properties for the button field, double-click the button.

• To change the appearance of buttons, use the appearance options in the Appearance tab of the Button Properties

dialog box.

• To align, center, or distribute the button with other form fields, or to resize or duplicate the button, right-click

the button, and then choose an option from the context menu.

Specify Acrobat button display properties

1

If you are not in form editing mode, choose Tools > Forms > Edit. The Forms task pane opens.

2

Double-click an existing button, and then click the Options tab in the Button Properties dialog box.

3

For Layout, choose the type of label display you want. (For information on scaling button icons, see the next
procedure.)

4

For Behavior, specify the display of the button when clicked.

5

To define the label or icon that appears on the button, do the following:

• If a label option is selected from the Layout menu, type the text in the Label box.

• If an icon option is selected from the Layout menu, click Choose Icon, click Browse, and select the file. (Click

Clear to remove the selected icon.)

Button Behavior options

None

Keeps the appearance of the button the same.

Push

Specifies appearances for the Up, Down, and Rollover states of the mouse. Select an option under State, and then

specify a label or icon option:

Up

Determines what the button looks like when the mouse button isn’t clicked.

Down

Determines what the button looks like when the mouse is clicked on the button, but before it’s released.

Rollover

Determines what the button looks like when the pointer is held over the button.

Outline

Highlights the button border.

Invert

Reverses the dark and light shades of the button.

Scale and position buttons

1

If you are not in form editing mode, choose Tools > Forms > Edit.

2

Double-click an existing button to open the Button Properties dialog box.

3

Click the Options tab, select one of the icon options from the Layout menu, and then click Advanced.

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