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Rectangle properties in the Draw tab

When you create a rectangle, the Draw tab in the Object palette presents options specific to formatting rectangles.

Type

Sets the type of object. Objects are the building blocks of every form.

  

Line Style

Sets the line style and thickness.

  

Color Picker

Sets the line color.

Corners

Sets the corner style.

Radius

Sets the radius of notched corners.

Fill

Sets a fill style.

Color Picker

Sets fill colors.

   

Presence

Controls whether an object is displayed in a PDF form when users view the form in Acrobat or Adobe Reader, or when users print the form:

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Visible

The object is visible on-screen, visible in the printed form, and occupies space in the form layout. Visible is the default presence setting for all objects.

•	Visible (Screen Only)

The object is visible on-screen, not visible in the printed form when printed from within Acrobat or Adobe Reader, and occupies space in the form layout.

•	Visible (Print Only)

The object is not visible on-screen, visible in the printed form (when printed from within Acrobat, Adobe Reader, or directly from the server), and occupies space in the form layout.

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Invisible

The object is not visible on-screen, not visible in the printed form, and occupies space in the form layout.

•	Hidden (Exclude from Layout)

The object is not visible on-screen, not visible in the printed form, and does not occupy any space in the form layout.

•	One-sided Printing Only

The object is only printed when using single-sided printing.

•	Two-sided Printing Only

The object is printed when using double-sided printing. This option is useful when you want to place the page number in a different corner of the page when using double-sided printing than when using single-sided printing.

See also  

Overview of circles, lines, and rectangles

Rectangle properties in the Draw tab