Table of Contents
Part 1: Basic Form Improvements
Chapter 1: A Fundamental Forms Primer
Sub -Topics:
• Forms Review
• Fields Refresher
• Properties Refresher
o Text Box Field Properties and New Date Field Properties
o Dropdown Properties
o List Box Properties
o Check Box Properties
o Radio Button Properties
o Button Properties and Image Properties
o Digital Signature Properties
o Barcode Properties
• Tab Properties Refresher
• Setting Field Tab Order using the menu options
• Clearing a Form while working
Chapter 2: Introduction to Actions
Sub – Topics:
• Getting Started
• Rating Forms Value Averaging and Sum: Working with Text Fields
o The Validate Tab
• Page 2 of Project: The Calculate Tab for the Grand Total Using Sum
• Sum and Averaging Using Check Boxes or Radio Buttons with Text Fields
o Using Radio Buttons on Page 3 of the Project
o Using Check Boxes on Page 3 of the Project
o Learning how check boxes can become radio buttons
• Basic Action Button Triggers for Reset Buttons and Printing Buttons
o Reset Button
o Print Form Button
Chapter 3: Creating a QR Code Custom Stamp
Sub - Topics:
• Customizing Your QR Code Stamp
• QR Code Creation
• Using the Stamp Tool
• Final Thoughts: QR Code for Professional Printing
Chapter 4: Buttons, Navigation, Form and Non-Form Actions
Sub - Topics:
• Creating a Button Icon
o Example of a Button as a Label Only
• Non-Form Properties Actions
o Pages
o Bookmarks
o Web Hyperlinks
o Rich Media Non-Form Navigation Buttons
o Layers Basic Actions
o Other Non-Form Actions
• Triggers for Actions
• Choose an Action That Requires No Code
• Newsletter Navigation with Buttons
• Form Navigation with a Button as Helpful Hint
• Adding a Comb of Characters
• Before Comb and After Comb
• More Action Triggers to Show and Hide
o Hide and Clear Fields Button
• Set Layer Visibility
o Using Bookmarks
o Using Buttons
Part 2: Simplified Field Notation and Basic JavaScript
Chapter 5: Introduction to Simplified Field Notation and JavaScript
Sub - Topics:
• Getting Started
• Text Field, Date, and Dropdown Menu Properties
o Action Tab
o Format Tab
o Validate Tab
o Calculate Tab
o Check Box, Radio Button, Image Field, and Button Properties
o List Box Properties
o Digital Signature Properties
o Barcode Properties
o Global Document JavaScript
o Web Links and References
o Regular Forms vs. E-Sign Forms
• JavaScript and Acrobat on the Document Level
Chapter 6: Basic and Complex Calculations
Sub - Topics:
• Getting Started
• Sum Value
• Simplified Field Notation
• JavaScript Custom Calculation Script
• Resetting Your Field of Focus
• Final Thoughts
o The Final Line of Code (Setting the 0 value to blank)
o Dropdown Alternatives
Chapter 7: Format Calculations
Sub - Topics:
• Number Formatting
• Formatting with a Percentage
o A Workaround for the Percentage
• Date Formatting
• Time Formatting
• Final Thoughts
o Dropdown Alternatives
Chapter 8: Various JavaScript Alerts, Notes and Time Stamps
Sub - Topics:
• Alert Types
• Create a Document JavaScript
• Viewer Version and Validation Alert
• Document Actions
o Document Will Close
o Document Will Print
• Alerts Working with Buttons
• Adding a Comment Note, Signature, and Time Stamp
Chapter 9: Create Help for Clients with Rollover Text and Alerts
Sub - Topics:
• The Rollover Method
o Mouse Enter
o Mouse Exit
o Extra Non-Custom JavaScript Check Box Example
o How to Show, Hide Fields with JavaScript
• The Default Text Method
• The Alert Method
o Customer’s Full Name
o Date
o Customer Order Code
o Customer’s Company Name
• How to Duplicate Text for multiple fields and make fields read only with JavaScript
• Final Thoughts
Chapter 10: Various Types of Formatting with JavaScript
Sub - Topics:
• Adding Global Formatting to Text Fields
• Color Properties
• Multi-Line Buttons
• Multi-Line Text
• Complex Formatting Using Check Boxes and Text Fields
• Rich Text Formatting for Text Fields and Comments
• Silent Printing
• Options for Submit Button using email
• Final Thoughts
Part 3: Working with More Complex Forms
Chapter 11: Validation with Text Boxes, Alerts and Radio Buttons
Sub - Topics:
• Money Transfer Example
• Changing the Shipping Price Using Radio Buttons
• Additional Checkbox and Radio Button examples with JavaScript and Text Fields and how to change data.
• Text Field Validation with Regular Expressions
o Telephone Validation
o Name Validation
o Account Number Validation
o Email and URL Validation
o Another Phone and Date Example with Two Variables
• Final Thoughts
Chapter 12: Working with Dropdown Menus
Sub - Topics:
• Current Skills Request Form
• Parts Order Form
• Final Thoughts
o Load a Lengthy Single Dropdown or List Menu
Chapter 13: Working with List Boxes
Sub - Topics:
• List Box Priority List with Control Buttons
o The Add Button
o The Delete Button
o The Clear or Reset Button
o The Up Button
o The Down Button
• Check Box, Dropdown, and List Box Example 1
• Check Box, List Box, and Multi-Dropdown Example 2
• Button Slide Show Variation
o Extra Example Priority List Improved
• Final Thoughts
o Hidden Fields
o Using List Boxes for Number Rating
Chapter 14: Advanced Navigation: The Popup Menu
Sub – Topics:
• The Popup Menu Example
• Final Thoughts
Part 4: Beyond the Basics
Chapter 15: Action Wizard and JavaScript
Sub – Topics:
• Working with Action Wizard
o Reuse JavaScript from Chapter 8
• Is It a Custom Action or a Custom Command?
o Create and Manage Custom Commands
Chapter 16: Multi-State Check Boxes
Sub - Topics:
• The Problem of Multi-State Check Boxes
• Bonus Star Rating Idea
• Select All or Deselect All Check Boxes at Once
Chapter 17: Importing an Image into a Button
Sub - Topics:
• Creating the Button
Chapter 18: Multiple Formatting
Sub - Topics:
• The Problem of Multiple Formatting
• Option 1: Do It Yourself
o Price Script
o No Price Script
o Adding a Degree Symbol and Formatting range
• Option 2: Call a Professional
Chapter 19: Digital Signatures and Barcodes
Sub - Topics:
• Digital Signatures and Security
• Barcodes
Chapter 20: What are E-Signature Forms and Web Forms?
Sub - Topics:
• A brief Look at E- Signatures and Resources
• What are Web Forms, do they have JavaScript? and related Resources
Part 5: Putting It into Practice
Chapter 21: Homework Assignments
Sub - Topics:
• Homework Assignment 1: Show and Hide
• Homework Assignment 2: Working with JavaScript to Create Formulas
o Area of a Circle (A = π r 2 )
o Field: CircumferenceRow1 Circumference of a Circle (C = 2 π r )
o Field: VolumeRow1 Volume of a Sphere (V = 4/3 π r3 )
o Field: FahrenheitRow1 Celsius to Fahrenheit to Formula. (°C x 9/5) + 32 = °F.
o Field: CelsiusRow1_2 Fahrenheit to Celsius Formula. (°F - 32) x 5/9 = °C
• Homework Assignment 3: Custom Validation and Regular Expressions
• Homework Assignment 4: Personal Dropdown Menu and Definitions Text Box
