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and multiple field selections on a page, right-click the field selection and
choose Center and select Vertically, Horizontally, or Both on the Center
submenu.
To resize: Position the mouse pointer on any of the sizing handles that
appear on a selected field. When the mouse pointer turns to a double-
headed arrow, drag in the direction of the arrows to change the size of a
form field. To resize a single field or multiple field selections in smaller
increments, hold down the Shift key while pressing the arrow keys. You
can also resize multiple fields by first right-clicking the field selection
and then choosing Size and selecting Height, Width, or Both on the Size
submenu. These commands resize all selected fields to the respective
height, width, or both of the first selected field.
To align: Select the field that you want other form fields to align with
first and then select the fields you want to align. To align all selected
fields with the respective border of the first field selected, right-click the
field selection and choose Align and select Left, Right, Top, or Bottom on
the Align submenu. Choosing Vertical or Horizontal from this menu aligns
the selected fields along the vertical or horizontal axis of the first selected
field. See the “Looking at the Layout Grid” section, later in this chapter,
to find out about Acrobat 6’s best feature for keeping fields straight.
Duplicating form fields
At some point, you may need to create a whole bunch of fields that have
the same attributes or properties — such as a group of check boxes or radio
buttons. You can streamline this process by duplicating fields. After you’ve
configured the size and properties of the field you want to duplicate, select it,
hold down the Ctrl key (the Option key on the Mac), and drag the field to a
new location, using the marquee lines that appear as a guide. Repeat this
process until you’ve created the desired number of fields. If you have mega
amounts of fields to duplicate, you can use the same method on multiple field
selections, which doubles the number of selected fields. Note that all fields
created in this manner have the same name, which is perfect for radio but-
tons (see the “Understanding the Options tab” section, later in this chapter).
To copy and paste fields using key commands, select a desired field for dupli-
cation and press Ctrl+C (Ô+C on the Mac) to copy the field to the Clipboard.
Then press Ctrl+V (Ô+V on the Mac) to paste the field into your PDF. Note that
you can copy and paste multiple field selections in this manner and that
pasted items will appear centered on the PDF page.
If you need to duplicate form fields in a multi-page PDF document, right-click
the desired form field(s) and choose Duplicate on the context menu to open
the Duplicate Fields dialog box. Here you can choose to duplicate the
selected form field(s) on all pages in your document by clicking the All radio
button, or click the From radio button and select a range of pages in a PDF
document on which to duplicate the selected form field(s).
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