User manual ARTS PDF VARIFORM LITE 1.3

[. . . ] ARTS PDF Variform Lite Version 1. 3 ARTS PDF Variform Lite TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. 0 INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. 1 Product Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. 0 ARTS PDF VARIFORM LITE SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. 1 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] If other field types are used with ARTS PDF Variform Lite the resulting output for those fields will be blank. If there is a need to include items which would normally be indicated in a Check Box, the user should design the form using a Text box and put the appropriate character for "checked" in the data file. As an example, design the form to use the Zapf Dingbats font and put the numeral 3 or 4 in the data file for this field. Consult the Acrobat documentation (Help -> Acrobat Guide) for more information on creating Acrobat forms. · · · · Buttons allow you to activate a series of actions. Check boxes allow your user to make multiple selections from a group of items. Combo boxes allow you to specify a list of items that appear in a pop-up menu. List boxes allow the user to create a list of items in a form field that displays all the time. Text boxes allow you to create a field into which you can enter text using the keyboard. Radio buttons allow your user to select one item from the displayed options. Digital signature fields allow you to create a form field that your user can then fill in with a signature and a printable representation. Text boxes allow you to create a field into which you can enter text using the keyboard. · · · Page 7 of 19 ARTS PDF Variform Lite 1. 3 Copyright © 2004 ARTS PDF ARTS PDF Variform Lite 4. 1 Appearance When creating form fields, Acrobat allows the user to define a number of items affecting the field's appearance. These include such things as border color, width, and style, background color, text color, font and font size. ARTS PDF Variform Lite supports all of these choices and the output from ARTS PDF Variform Lite will include them. The user may also choose whether the form field is read only and/or required. Neither of these has any effect on ARTS PDF Variform Lite's ability to merge and print the data. Finally, the user has several choices about the form field's visibility. The only choice here which has any effect on ARTS PDF Variform Lite is "Visible but doesn't print". ARTS PDF Variform Lite supports the use of calculations and the merged output will include the results of any calculations defined in the form. Note: In order for calculations to merge correctly you may not use a custom font for the field which contains the calculations. This is because ARTS PDF Variform Lite must put additional data for the custom font in the field when performing a merge. Page 9 of 19 ARTS PDF Variform Lite 1. 3 Copyright © 2004 ARTS PDF ARTS PDF Variform Lite 5. 0 PREFERENCES The preferences for ARTS PDF Variform Lite can be set using the standard Acrobat method of File -> Preferences -> ARTS PDF Variform Lite. After making changes in this window click "OK" to make them permanent. Clicking "Cancel" will return the preferences to the last values stored. 5. 1 Default Data File Folder This determines the default path where ARTS PDF Variform Lite will look for data files when it is launched. [. . . ] After everything is set up, make sure that Acrobat has been launched, then simply drop data files that you want processed in the appropriate watched folder. ARTS PDF Variform Lite Watched Folders is activated by clicking the icon on the Acrobat menu bar. When activated, the dialog window will display any existing watched folders. From this window the user may add a new watched folder, and edit or remove an existing folder. Note: A separate watched folder is required for each Acrobat form which the user desires to automate. The box titled "Watched Folders Active" is used to activate or deactivate the automatic processing of data files. When this box is checked and Acrobat is running, any valid data file placed in the watched folder will be processed automatically. [. . . ]