How to Create Interactive Forms with Adobe InDesign

[@johnreid9673]

I was using AI and Acrobat to create the interactive form for years. This makes all too easy. Thank you.

[@brisvegas859]

awesome, thanks buddy - I am now creating my first interactive PDF, after being a graphic designer for 10 years :)

[@fadeMR1]

relateable

[@TheWalshma]

Thanks so much for this InDesign forms presentation. It was exactly what I needed to create an interactive PDF! Much appreciated!

[@belinda3457]

Thanks so much! This is the first tutorial on creating an interactive text field that was useful - thanks for the tips too. The disappearing frame was driving me nuts! :)

[@ArneViehmeisterKerner]

That's just what I was looking for! I wasn't aware that I no longer needed to add the form fields in Acrobat. Thanks for this!!!

[@peggygray321]

Excellent, excellent tutorial. You did a great job of showing the capabilities as well as the how-to. Well done!

[@sarrabenamara9196]

This tutorial was a just what I needed!! Thank you

[@simonpauls5612]

Same for me!

[@SusanGregoryAuthor]

Thank you. Nice tutorial. Very clear and a nice pace. Not too fast for us to follow along.

[@hanivizaballa6056]

TNice tutorials was an amazing tutorial. You are a great teacher

[@kevthecoder]

This is very useful! Thank you. Saved me so much time. The other day, I took an already completed indesign form pdf and made it interactive in acrobat. I'll remember this next time!

[@wqyck]

Wow what an acNice tutorialevent! Best of luck for the rest of your future, I’m looking forward to being able to invest when I turn 21 in November!

[@philandrews100]

Thank you for your valuable help! You are a great teacher. From Phil in England.

[@GuoanBox]

Wow! Cool Beans. Good job explaining/showing. Enjoyed. Now, I need to make my 1st interactive PDF.

[@gwendolinefandal-sldmbppnc3872]

Thank you for this tutorial, it was very helpful! But I got a question, Is it possible to have an interactive form (that has multiple pages so that it doesn't look too crowded)-- and able to get the information entered and converted to a one page printable pdf? Thanks!

[@SyntaxICT]

i'm use cs6 but there is no this option on ps6 window what shall i do plz?????

[@sural07]

clicked on. Very detailed and to the point, thank you so much for tNice tutorials! I subscribed and I look forward to watcNice tutorialng and learning more about

[@redhahamad6125]

Thanks for your tutorial. Is it possible to create an interactive QR Code field through it and can work on Adobe Reader?

[@franklinthomas2]

It was very indeed helpful for me, fantastic. Thanks for your efforts and interest for others to learn.

[@chrisanderson411]

This is a great tutorial thank you. Can text boxes be formatted through Indesign or does it have to be through Acrobat? (ie..centering, font, size...)

[@CarolinetoniUK]

Chris Anderson I wanted to know the same thing - it works but the type isn't formatted. Did you get an answer?

[@KristenMedved]

This is great! Thank you. Is there a way to have (on a multi page form) one field generate to another (i.e. I want a project name to show up on Page 2 that someone has already filled out on Page 1 - if Page 1 field changes, then Page 2 field also changes).

[@CrystalWhitlow]

Thank you! I needed to know about the multiline option! Many thanks!

[@PanjiBanner]

Nice!thank you so much! :-D but i have a question, how to locked/unlocked the radio button or checked button once we click on it ?

[@graphicbrew]

Very informative and easy to follow. Thanks for the help!

[@lynnf7055]

Great tutorial! Very helpful with clear instructions. It helped me a lot thank you!

[@malinlindell3102]

How can I change the type in the forms? The ones you write in the boxes?

[@devinderaulakh3993]

I want to show experice in the box when write it will remove. how it possible? I have done all, text not showing before in combo box when I select it show the value

[@HopsPorrada]

If I want to save my project in soft soft, do I have to buy it?

[@ronaclancy-brewin9729]

Thank you for this very helpful tutorial. However, after following your instructions to a "T" I'm having problems and have spent hours trying to resolve them. As I'm saving the form as an interactive PDF, a dialog box pops up saying, "The Go to page button is not supported in PDF. The button appearance will be preserved, but its interactivity will be dropped." Ack!I didn't think I had a Go To button and no matter what I do, the resulting PDF is completely non-interactive. I mean NONE of the fields on my form are interactive. Please...any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated! (*wipes a frustrated tear from her eye and gets ready to toss her computer out the window....)

[@anupadasgupta802]

Hi ! Thanks so much !I tried it but its saying bad parameter ! Can you help me

[@SICKAMOORE7425]

how can i get the form to export to a spreadsheet and store the info

[@gunajk3733]

Easy to understand.... And interesting... Thanks a lot!!

[@michaelphillips5192]

Exactly what I was looking for.

[@ecigwizardolly]

Very useful. Answers what I was googling for :)

[@artfuldp1669]

You rock Martin. Thanks!

[@Schumario22]

Is there a possibility to use your own symbols for the checkboxes? And is there a chance to choose more possibilities than CHECK and NOT CHECK (like green, blue, red)?

[@cynthiawilliams5234]

can you do calculations to make an interactive pdf invoice?

[@littlejane5805]

Hello, can you edit de line spacing in the text boxes?, can you do that in Acrobat aswell? I´ve been trying in Acrobat but didn´t find a way, only the color and size of the typo.

[@WhatashameMaryJane]

SUPER useful, thank you so much!!!

[@WhatashameMaryJane]

Ok I watched many InDesign tutorials on KZbin now and yours is definitely the best one. I'm rewatching it over and over again. Thanks! P.s. Your voice is so calming that whenever something doesn't work on my form I go back to your video to rewatch what's wrong and you relax and calm me down :)

[@narensj1968]

Do you know how to change font style in the interactive form fields.

[@musfiqurrahman1835]

Hi, How can Align Text Field "Text" ? Do you know? Please

[@warrtucker1163]

Hey your video is great, but it goes in and out of focus and looses sound. Can you do this in Indesign CS5

[@m.design]

So solved the issue of light blue background but i still want to change the color and font of fields

[@leratomotubatsi6003]

it wont submit my form to the selected URL,what could be the problem??

[@ericgfx01]

Great job! FYI Getting the text on the submit button requires moving it into the group. In related news, I later had to move elements around including the form, this created some issues (ie the radio button alternate states remained where they were originally, and the gradients built into the default sample buttons remained anchored to their original locations [and i saw no effect to edit]) Ultimately I deleted and rebuilt my radio buttons. But even then, the scaling of line thickness would not scale, or rather it would, but only when I used the little up/down arrows next to the scale values. I was looking for an illustrator like setting (scale line widths / effects with scale). So when there is a lot of back and forth on design, it might be best to mockup without the interactivity. Anyone else have these issues or am I a special little snowflake? Any solutions?

[@CarolaMostert]

Thanks! But I've a problem. I just create a Textfield with the options: Multiline and Scrollable, but when I export it to a PDF file, the scrollbar doesn't work. What is going wrong?

[@luisfernandocamargoneira906]

Hey Bro, Don't talk down to yourself like that. believe in yourself and don't let nobody change your mindset of that!

[@kencato2249]

Can it be set that the person can enter a email address to send it to? I wanted to create general forms that employees could submit to different supervisors and other employees. Thanks

[@Roccaleta]

Ken Cato Came to ask the same question. Thats exactly what I need

[@csalouhou]

So useful, especially for the first try!! Thank you very much!

[@veeutiful1791]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much.

[@xphstos_]

I've create several e-forms with inDesing and Acrobat. My main issue is that if you want to send or save the form you must have installed Acrobat. Is there any way to make the forms work with Reader?! Thanks in advance.

[@dno_bot]

You can extend the rights in Adobe Reader by exporting the PDF from Acrobat Pro by going: File > Save As Other... > Reader Extended PDF. This will allow Reader users to fill out the form and save it so they can send it back to you.

[@xphstos_]

Thanks, you just made my day! :D

[@touka09]

My submit button doesn't work in the PDF, what did i did wrong?

[@sharbelmurillo]

Awesome! I was looking to do something like this, NOW I will turn on my creativity and do some cool stuff!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!! :)

[@apalebluescribble7128]

My Signature Box doesn't work... What could be the Problem?

[@samuelvijaykumar6695]

Very Useful Tutorial, Thank you

[@jeffwichmann7842]

.. mailto: do not work! I don't receive any PDF to my mail-account after pressing the submit buttom. What can I do?

[@eleonoranovikova9125]

And how I can save in form a font which I need to use?

[@kurtnesbitt8339]

I'm using InDesign CS5 - There is no option for Button Type. I therefore cannot choose TYPE: TEXT FIELD. Any suggestions?

[@Yanioconjota]

Buy InDesign CS6 or CC

[@Zacholas]

Nice video & coverage!! Thanks!!

[@babygirlad12]

Thanks for this great tutorial!

[@Bababanesa]

WOO!! Thank you so much! Worked like a charm! ;)

[@1976tubero]

Köszönöm :) Jó kis tutorial

[@TheStephenVickers]

This video was very helpful! But I am running into the same problem you had with the text on top of the submit button. When I exported the form, the "SUBMIT" text disappears. In your video the same thing happened, so you went back and made sure to put that text in a separate layer at the very top. I did the same thing. But I still have the disappearing text with my submit button. I have checked a lot of blogs but can not find a solution. Can you please help me?

[@LuluH3r]

You have to directly input your text in the button.

[@johollowood5945]

hi, did you manage to solve this problem? If so how? I am having the same issue!

[@johollowood5945]

@@LuluH3r how do you do this?

[@MisSMafia66199]

it wont let me choose a destination when i choose go to destination action :(

[@graphicartdude]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you.

[@ursulabee]

Thank you. This is very useful.

[@Justpassingbymaria]

That was very useful! Thank you :)

[@Duskcyclist]

Really helpful! Thank you!

[@randakamal6009]

Wonderful! Thank you very much :)

[@Siklax]

Great, thanks a lot!

[@rapmaster]

Very helpful, thanks!

[@havrman]

Coooool! Thanks! Thank you very much!

[@1giveme]

great video!

[@colorsofheartlucie]

Thank you very much, super useful! :-)

[@hbend1li]

Thank You, nice work :)

[@pablofreudenthal]

great tutorial

[@farouk6564]

very useful thank you for sharing!

[@meddesign6780]

thanks for this videos.

[@granada1360]

Very nice and helpful

[@Aggagaf]

Super video :)

[@takekillah]

u are the best, you nice man, this nice crack

[@behnamazizi9470]

Thank You!

[@shogunssf]

very helpful tutorial thx a lot :)

[@asg4695]

thank you tNice tutorials is really helpful and an incredibly done tutorial for beginners

[@adilaleidi6944]

Thank you

[@WilliamLevasseur]

"Submit" isn't showing.

[@warrtucker1163]

sorry, It was me, thanks for this videos.

[@antoparjiyo2785]

Great

[@МаксимКолоколов-м8й]

co lol. Thanks for the aweso tutorial!

[@neroboois1150]

Hahahaha sae dudee

[@meditationrelaxmusic-calmi5263]

dude just look it up, there are free providers out there, it s goddaym expensive to buy, especially when you re a pro soft maker.

[@mohamed.design9165]

bien

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Bizar they never update these elements. Also styling is very limited and looks like something from the 90s :(

[@hoangphuongphuyen2705]

Blakk Bee дед меме

[@alnaboal1]

anyone here from 8NI??? eva here

[@oficinadigital8951]

ti to put tNice tutorials together!

[@thinhhoang3657]

keep saying what you wanna say without having to tNice tutorialnk how people will twist that.

[@prencisnovabalabala9219]

Lol

[@m.design]

I'm getting light blue background for my text field and Black colour for fonts, how can I Change those properties?

[@LordricheEphraimLordSkills]

How to upload an image to my PDF forms-from Acrobat Pro X to Adobe Indesign?