Add a Reset Form button (in Acrobat)

A Reset Form button clears any data a user has already entered in the form. It is similar to the Forms > Clear Form feature, which is available to you when you create and edit Acrobat forms. However, you can set up your reset button so that it clears only specific fields.

  1. On the Forms toolbar, select the Button tool, and create a button.
  2. Double-click the button to open the Button Properties dialog box.
  3. Click the Actions tab, and select Mouse Up from the Select Trigger menu.
  4. Select Reset A Form from the Select Action menu, and then click Add.
  5. In the Reset A Form dialog box, either click individual check boxes to select or deselect the fields that you want to be reset by the button or select Select All. Then click OK.

    The list on the Actions tab now shows Reset A Form nested under the Mouse Up action.

As needed, you can open other tabs in the Button Properties dialog box and apply other types of properties to the button.

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