Creating Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields - Adobe InDesign CC - page 490

Adobe InDesign CC provides all the tools you need to create simple PDF forms, and you
have the option to use Adobe Acrobat to add features and functionality that aren't avail-
able in InDesign.
Getting started
In this lesson, you'll add several different types of form fields to a newsletter, export an
Adobe PDF (Interactive) file, and then open the exported file and test the fields you created
in InDesign.
Note
If you have not already downloaded the project files for this lesson to your
computer from your Account page, make sure to do so now. See “ Getting
Started ” at the beginning of the topic.
1. To ensure that the preference and default settings of your Adobe InDesign program
match those used in this lesson, move the InDesign Defaults file to a different
folder following the procedure in “ Saving and restoring the InDesign Defaults file ”
on page 3 .
2. Start Adobe InDesign. To ensure that the panels and menu commands match those
used in this lesson, choose Window > Workspace > [Advanced], and then choose
Window > Workspace > Reset Advanced. To begin working, you'll open an
InDesign document that is already partially completed.
3. Choose File > Open, and open the 14_Start.indd file, in the Lesson14 folder, loc-
ated inside the Lessons folder within the InDesignCIB folder on your hard drive.
This document includes the back page of a newsletter. (The other pages have been
deleted to make navigation simpler.) (If the Adobe Typekit dialog box displays,
click Sync Fonts.)
4. To see what the finished document looks like, open the 14_End.indd file, in the
Lesson14 folder.
5. Close the 14_End.indd file after you have finished examining it, or you can leave
this document open for reference.