A form guide is a simplified, alternative view of a form design that guides a form filler through a form step-by-step. You use Guide Builder in Designer ES to create a form guide for a form design.
The form guide interface is based on Adobe Flex technology. You build a form guide on an existing form design to provide a more visually appealing and streamlined method of capturing form data. The enhanced interface can help reduce data entry errors through improved usability by simplifying the amount of information presented to a form filler at a given time. When you create a form guide, you can include an Adobe PDF version of the form with the form guide to give users the option of viewing and entering data on the original PDF form at any time.
Each form guide is a collection of layouts, sections, panels, and controls that provide an alternative interface of a form for form fillers. For example, the following images show a form and a form guide used to collect information for an accident claim. The original form uses a more traditional layout that is consistent with a printed form, whereas the form guide uses a layout similar to those used for content on a website.
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Each form guide is directly associated with a form design, and data collected in a form guide automatically passes through to the form itself. You can create form guides that share the same business logic and validations as the form design.
Designer ES includes three sample form guides that are installed in the EN\Samples\Forms\FormGuide folder under the Designer ES installation folder. For more information about the form guide samples, see About the FormGuide samples.
Note:
To use Guide Builder and correctly preview form guides in a web browser, you must install Adobe Flash® Player 9 or later.
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About form guides