Edit a checkmark field

Property	Description
Type	Checkmark field.
ID	A unique identifier of the element.

Property

Description

Type

Checkmark field.

A unique identifier of the element.

Property	Description
Left	Sets the distance between the left edge of the form and the element.
Top	Sets the distance between the top edge of the form and the element.
Width	Sets the width of the checkmark field.
Height	Sets the height of the checkmark field.

Property

Description

Left

Sets the distance between the left edge of the form and the element.

Top

Sets the distance between the top edge of the form and the element.

Width

Sets the width of the checkmark field.

Height

Sets the height of the checkmark field.

Text

Property	Description
Text	The explanatory text next to the checkmark field. To change it, double-click the text area.
Font	The font of the explanatory text. To change it, click Change… and select the settings in the Font dialog box.
Font color	Selects the font color from the drop-down list (dropout forms) or the palette (color forms).
Word wrap	Wraps the text lines without breaking words.

Checkmark field

Property	Description
Type	The checkmark shape: Square, Circle, or Underline.
Position	The checkmark position relative to the text: Left of Text, Right of Text, Above Text, or Below Text.
Size	A predefined field size: 3.5 x 3.5, 4 x 4, 4.5 x 4.5, or 5 x 5 mm.
Line width	Sets the width of the field borders (0.4–0.8 mm).
Standoff	Sets the gap between the checkmark field and the explanatory text (2–7 mm).
Color	Selects the border color from the drop-down list (dropout forms) or the palette (color forms).

Background

Property	Description
Same as form background	Makes the element background the same color as the form background.
Other	Selects a background color from the drop-down list (dropout forms) or the palette (color forms).

The range of available colors depends on the type of your form (black and white or color).

Tip

Property	Description
Text	Sets the tip text. The tip is typed in the check box.
Font	Selects the tip font. To change it, click Change… and select the settings in the Font dialog box.
Color	Selects a tip color from the drop-down list (dropout forms) or the palette (color forms).
Auto size font	Sizes the tip font automatically to the cell height.

You can purchase additional fonts and multilingual font support at www.paratype.com.

Property	Description
Linked field	By default, each new element is linked to a field created for it in the document structure. To link it to another field of the same type, select the field from the drop-down list.

Property

Description

Linked field

By default, each new element is linked to a field created for it in the document structure. To link it to another field of the same type, select the field from the drop-down list.

Introducing ABBYY FormDesigner

ABBYY FormDesigner Interface

Working with ABBYY FormDesigner

Appendix

Element

Position and size

Text

Checkmark field

Background

Tip

Linked field

​Element

​Position and size

​Text

​Checkmark field

​Background

​Tip

​Linked field

Element

Position and size

Text

Checkmark field

Background

Tip

Linked field