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Fill-in Forms
Fill-in forms allow you to enter information while the form is displayed on your screen using Adobe Acrobat 3.0 or later. To view, complete, and print the fill-in form you will need the freely available Acrobat Reader software installed on your computer. Acrobat Reader does not allow you to save your completed forms to disk. The ability to save completed forms is available commercially with the Adobe Acrobat product suite.

Click here to get the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software.

COMPLETING THE FORM

Your web browser may be configured with an Acrobat plug-in to automatically open the file within your browser window upon download. To download the file directly to disk, right click on the title link and then select "Save Target/Link As" when presented with a menu.

  1. Open the file using Adobe Acrobat.

  2. Select the hand tool from the Acrobat toolbar menu. You can use the hand tool to move the page around so that you can view all the areas on it.

  3. Position the hand pointer inside a form field and click. The I-beam pointer allows you to type text. The arrow pointer allows you to select a field, a check box, a radio button, or an item from a list.

  4. Press Tab to accept the field change and go to the next field.

  5. Press Shift + Tab to accept the field change and go to the previous field.

  6. Use your mouse to select an area of the form that is not inside a form field before printing your form. If a form field is active (contains the blinking bar) the contents will not print.

  7. If the fill-in form is displayed within your web browser window be sure to use the printer button on the Acrobat toolbar menu to print the form instead of your web browser's print function.