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FAQ - How are form fields transferred from a PDF Adobe Acrobat file to iiQ Form fields?

Adobe Acrobat and iiQ offer different form fields. The most popular types of fields in Adobe Acrobat are:

  • text field;

  • checkbox;

  • radio button;

  • dropdown;

  • signature;

  • date.

When importing a PDF form in iiQ Forms, Adobe Acrobat PDF form fields are transferred to iiQ Forms as follows:

Adobe Acrobat Form Field

How it is Transferred in iiQ Form Field

Comment

Text field

Text field

Checkbox

No/Yes (toggle)

Field in Adobe Acrobat

Field in iiQ Forms

Radio button

List

The group name will become the field name and radio button option will become the list option.

Field in Adobe Acrobat

Field in iiQ Forms

Dropdown

List

Signature

Signature

Date

Text

In order to change the field to date, delete the automatically generated text field and add a new date field. Specify the new field output to be the original PDF field.

Original field generated in iiQ

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Hannah Bailey - Director, Customer Engagement

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