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### 7.4.35 Text/Form Field

The PDF file format allows to define forms. A form is a special PDF file, that contains text field editable by the user. Form Field is used to convert a text layer in a text field of this kind. But note, that a form field only acts like a text field, if the document is saved as PDF file and this file is opened with a PDF-viewer.

PhotoLine doesn‘t automatically create a frame around the form field. Therefore, if you want the text field to be visible in the PDF-file, you have to manually create a frame. For PDF-experts only: PhotoLine uses the layer name as field name.

Field Type currently only allows Text. Help Text defines a small help text, that appears, when the mouse is over the form field. If Required is turned on, the user has to enter a value when filling the form.

If multiline is selected, the user can enter line feeds. Do Not Scroll defines, whether the content of the text field is scrolled, if the text cursors reaches the end of it. Maximum Text Length allows to restrict the number of characters, that can be typed in a text field.