General tab for form field properties

The General tab appears for all types of form fields and includes the following options:

Name

Specifies the unique name of the selected form field.



Tooltip

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.



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.



Orientation

Rotates the form field by 0, 90, 180, or 270 Degrees



Read Only

Prevents the user from changing the form field content.



Required

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.