The General tab appears for all types of form fields and includes the following options:
Specifies the unique name of the selected form field.
Displays text that the hesitant user may find helpful in filling in the form field. Tooltips appear when the pointer hovers briefly over the form field.
Specifies whether the form field can be seen, either on screen or in print. The choices are: Visible, Hidden, Visible But Doesn’t Print, and Hidden But Printable.
Rotates the form field by 0, 90, 180, or 270 Degrees
Prevents the user from changing the form field content.
Forces the user to fill in the selected form field. If the user attempts to submit the form while a required field is blank, an error message appears and the empty required form field is highlighted.