One could argue that PDF Forms are in CS6 mainly due to Tony Harmer’s ignite session at last years PepCon where he beautifully crafted a poem pleading with Adobe to add PDF forms.
If you would like to test your form you will need to export your layout to an interactive PDF since the preview panel has been renamed to the more accurate SWF preview panel. If you prefer to create form fields from scratch you can convert any InDesign object into a text field, check box, combo box, radio button, or signature field. From here you can modify their attributes like their description, font size, read only and more. While you are in this workspace, there is a new library panel available under the window menu called “Sample Buttons and Forms”.Īfter dragging out these sample form fields into your layout you can edit them with the Buttons and Froms panel (formerly the Button Panel). The easiest way to try out the new form fields is to switch to the Interactive for PDF workspace. PDF forms fields (checkboxes, text entry fields, and so on) have been a long requested feature and have finally been added to InDesign CS6. We’ll be covering that in more detail in a later post.
Until it is officially released we can’t really “review” the program as a whole, but what we can do is give you a good overview of what to expect and what you’ll want to pay attention to when CS6 shows up on your doorstep.īy the way, one of the biggest changes in CS6 is the availability of the Adobe Creative Cloud, which among other things, allows you to get access to all Adobe Creative Suite applications for a relatively modest monthly fee. For example, the Content Conveyor tools require some work to understand, but we’re convinced that some users will find this one of the most valuable features in the program.Īll in all, there are dozens of new features in CS6. There are also features that will make you scratch your head until you get used to them.
There are many features in InDesign CS6 to get excited about: the phenomenal ability create PDF form fields the almost magical way you can set up objects on your page to move around when the page size changes the option to export grayscale PDF files. Everyone knew CS6 was coming (Adobe said it would be released the first half of this year), and we at InDesignSecrets have all been using beta versions for a while - but until today we haven’t been able to discuss the features publicly. Time stoppeth for no man, or InDesign user, apparently, as Adobe today rolls out their announcement of InDesign CS6.
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