Appearance tab for form field properties

Appearance properties determine how the form field looks on the page. The Appearance tab appears for all types of form fields and includes the following options:

Border Color: Opens a color picker in which you can select a color swatch for the frame surrounding the field. To leave the field without a frame, select No Color.
Line Thickness: Specifies the width of the frame surrounding the form field: Thin, Medium, or Thick.
Fill Color: Opens a color picker in which you can select a color swatch for the background behind the field. To leave the field uncolored, select No Color.

Note: A Fill Color choice other than No Color will block any images on the PDF page that are behind the form field.
Line Style: Alters the appearance of the frame. Select Solid, Dashed, Beveled, Inset, or Underline.
Font Size: Sets the size of user-entered text or of the selection marker for radio buttons and check boxes. The choices include Auto, various preset values, and typing in a different value.
Text Color: Opens a color picker in which you can select a color swatch for the text or selection marker.
Font: Lists the fonts available on your computer. This option is not available for form fields that do not display text.

Note: The Enable Right-To-Left Language Options in the International panel of the Preferences dialog box affects what appears in the Appearance tab of the Properties dialog box. When that preference is selected, the Appearance tab includes options for changing the digit style (Western or Arabic-Indic) and text direction for text fields, combo boxes, and list boxes.