Adobe Acrobat XI - Manual (Page 258)

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Forms
Last updated 1/14/2015
Move individual form fields
You can move form fields by simply dragging them. For greater precision in less time, you can use special features that
align them with each other, adjust the spacing between them, and center them on the page.
1 If you are not in the form editing mode, choose Tools > Forms > Edit.
2 Select one or more form fields that you want to move.
3 Do one of the following:
• To move to an approximate location, drag the selected form fields to the new location.
Tip: To constrain movement to a horizontal or vertical direction, begin dragging, and then press Shift while
continuing to drag the selection.
• To move to a specific location, right-click the field and choose Properties. Then click the Position tab, and set the
Position values.
• To move either horizontally or vertically in small increments, press the arrow keys to nudge the selected form
field into position.
• To move the form field to the exact center of a page, choose Edit > Cut, navigate to the desired page, and then
choose Edit > Paste.
note: Fields are placed in the center of the page only the first time they’re pasted. Additional pasted fields are offset
from the previously pasted field.
Align and center multiple form fields
1 If you are not in the form editing mode, choose Tools > Forms > Edit.
2 Select two or more form fields that you want to align.
3 Right-click the field to which you want to align the other fields. Choose Align, Distribute Or Center, and then
choose a command as follows:
• To align a column of fields, choose Align Left, Right, or Vertical. They align respectively to the left edge, right
edge, or vertical axis (center) of the anchor form field.
• To align a row of fields, choose Align Top, Bottom, or Horizontally. They align respectively to the top edge,
bottom edge, or horizontal axis (center) of the anchor form field.
• To center the fields, choose Center Vertically, Horizontally, or Both.
Note: When you right-click one of the selected fields, it shows the border handles, indicating that it’s the anchor form
field. The Align menu commands move the other selected form fields to line up with the edges of the anchor form field.
Adjust the spacing between form fields
In the context of laying out form fields on a page, distributing means to give a group of form fields uniform spacing,
measured from the centers of adjacent fields. The Distribute commands take precedence over the Snap To Grid
command.
1 If you are not in the form editing mode, choose Tools > Forms > Edit.
2 Select the form fields that you want to adjust.
3 Right-click any one of the selected form fields, and do one of the following:
• To distribute the fields evenly between the topmost and bottommost fields, choose Align, Distribute Or Center
>Distribute Vertically.