Displaying Currency Amounts in PDF Form Fields

Overview

The formatting of the text displayed in PDF form fields is controlled by the corresponding form field’s properties. Each text field has its own properties that control the appearance and behavoir of the field. There are options to control font parameters, field borders and background, and text formatting options. You can choose from a variety of formats from the following categories: Number, Percentage, Date, Time, Special, Custom and no formatting. One of the common tasks is to configure a form field to display a currency amount.

Editing Field Formatting

Use Prepare Form tool in Adobe Acrobat to edit form field properties.

Step 1: Open a PDF File

Open a PDF file that contains form fields using File > Open menu.

Step 2: Open Prepare Form Tool

Select Prepare Form tool from TOOLS panel.

Step 3: Open Properties Dialog

Double-click on the text field you want to edit to open Properties dialog.

Step 4: Select Format Tab

Select Format tab on the Properties dialog to access formatting options.

Select “Format category” -> “Number”.

Set Decimal Places to 2.

Select desired separator and currency symbol ($)

Step 5: Close Prepare Form Tool

Press Close button on the Properties dialog to save changes and then press Close button on the toolbar to close Prepare Form tool.

Step 6: Save Changes

Press Save button/icon on the toolbar to save changes back to the file. Alternatively, use File > Save menu.

Step 7: Test Form Field

Type any number into the text field to test how it works. Once you move cursor focus away from the field the text will be automatically formatted to display currency amount.

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