LiveCycle ES: Designing Forms

This course introduces and teaches, in detail, techniques for developing print and interactive forms using Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES. Through significant amounts of thoroughly guided hands-on practice, by the end of the course you will know how to create static and interactive forms which include input validation, localized fields, and accessibility information.

Audience

Business process experts and form designers seeking to use Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES to create static and interactive forms.

Pre-requisites

None

Duration

Two days

Course Outline

Introducing the Course

1 Designing print formsUnderstanding forms in Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES Navigating the LiveCycle Designer interface Creating a new form in Designer ES Adding, aligning, and positioning form objects

Designing form appearance

2 Designing interactive forms

Adding and configuring interactive form objects

Previewing an interactive form Controlling tab order, presence, and accessibility Creating and using tables

Organizing forms using subforms and object naming

3 Controlling user input and data display Formatting and validating user input

Setting and using locale information

Applying display and edit patterns

Applying validation patterns

4 Creating shared and reusable form content

Creating and using custom objects

Creating and using form fragments Using master pages and global field bindings

Creating and organizing form templates

5 Importing existing forms

Re-using existing PDF forms in Designer

Re-using Microsoft Word forms in Designer