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Adobe LiveCycle Designer Form Development

What You'll Learn in Adobe LiveCycle Designer Form Development

Course Length

12 hours (2 days)

Learning Objectives

  • Building a Form Template
  • Setting up Designer Preferences
  • Setting Presentation Options
  • Building a Library Group for Custom Objects
  • Formatting a Text Field to Place in the Library
  • Building a Dynamic Form with an Expanding Field
  • Building a Dynamic Form with an Expanding Table
  • Building Exclusive Checkboxes Using Action Builder
  • Building a Multi Signature Form without Auto Populate Date Fields
  • Building a Multi Signature Form with Auto Populate Date Fields
  • Building a Calculation (FormCalc vs. JavaScript)
  • Saving a Form as Reader Extended

Target Student

Anyone new to the program and others who are experienced in the program gain from this class. This training benefits Form Developers, Form Managers/Records Managers, IT personnel, and Government Forms and support personnel.

Course Outline

Building a Form Template

Form Types in Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES4

Master Page Development

Drawing Aids Settings

Standard Object Library and Key Objects Used

Form Development Utilizing a Border Box

Palettes (Object, Layout, Accessibility and Border)

Custom Objects for Page Display

Saving a Template File

Template Manager

Creating a New Form from a Template

Static Forms vs. Dynamic Forms


Setting Up Designer Preferences

Toolbars (Left of Workspace)

Tabs Above the Form

Library Groups (Right of Workspace)

Palettes

Drawing Aids

Form Properties


Building a Library Group for Custom Objects

Adding a New Library Group

Renaming the Library Group

Properties and Sharing

Adding Objects to the Library Group


Formatting a Text Field to Place in the Library

Changing the Caption Location

Changing the Appearance

Changing the User Input Properties

Changing the Border

Changing the Fonts (Label and Value)

Setting the Accessibility Properties


Building a Dynamic Form with an Expanding Field

Master Page Objects

Pagination Settings

Body or Design Pages

Wrapping Objects in Subforms

Positioned vs. Flowed Content

Object Settings in Flowed Content

Layout Settings for Field Expansion

Allow for Page Breaks Between Pages

Saving the Form as a Dynamic Form

Preview PDF for Testing the Form


Adding Slide Annotations

Adding Slide Annotations

Add Annotations

Annotation Modes

Annotation Settings


Building a Dynamic Form with an Expanding Table

Master Page Objects

Pagination Settings

Body or Design Pages

Wrapping Objects in Subforms

Positioned vs. Flowed Content

Object Settings in Flowed Content

Layout Settings for Field Expansion

Allow for Page Breaks Between Pages

Action Builder to Build the Add and Delete JavaScript Scripts

Enabling “Repeat Row for Each Data Item” with Enabled Min Count for Repeating Row

Dynamic XML Forms

Preview PDF for Testing the Form


Building Exclusive Checkboxes Using Action Builder

Build and Identify the “YES” “NO” Checkboxes

Action Builder to Build the Scripts

Preview PDF for Testing the Form


Building a Multi Signature Form without Auto Populate Date Fields

Placing Signature Fields on the Form from the Standard Library

Creating and Managing Signature Collections

Assigning Collections to Signatures

Preview PDF for Testing the Form


Building a Multi Signature Form with Auto Populate Date Fields

Placing Signature Fields in Forms

Changing the Field Names in Hierarchy or the Binding Tab

Modifying the “Change” and “Pre-Sign” Event Scripts for Each Signature Field

Creating and Managing Signature Collections

Assigning Collections to Signatures

Preview PDF for Testing the Form


Building a Calculation (FormCalc vs. JavaScript)

Adding Decimal and Numeric Fields to the Form

Changing the Patterns for the Display Types

Changing the Script Editor to Choose Languages

Entering Code and Differences with Both Languages

Checking Script Syntax Errors Before Testing

Preview PDF for Testing the Form


Saving a Form as Reader Extended

Opening the Form in Adobe Acrobat Pro

Saving the Form as Reader Extended

Opening the Form in Adobe Reader to Test Saving Data

Adobe LiveCycle Designer Form Development

Upcoming Classes

All Public classes are held online
with a live instructor

No dates have been scheduled for this class. Please contact us for more information or request a private class.

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All of our courses include

PDF Reference Guide

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Certificate of Completion

Boost your credentials with a Certificate of Completion, confirming the skills you’ve acquired with us.


Access to Your Recorded Session for 60 days

Go back to the features you learned time and time again – you will have access to your recorded session for 60 days