Extend Required Field Deed For Free

Summary: Using an asterisk to mark required fields is an easy way to improve the usability of your forms. Only marking optional fields makes it difficult for people to fill out the form.

Required or mandatory fields are form questions that must be answered by the user before the form can be submitted. The opposite of required fields are optional fields. And this is where users can choose whether to answer the form questions or not.

In the Add Field/ Edit Field overlay, you can check the Make this field as required checkbox to make the field mandatory.

How to make a field required in a PDF Form Open the necessary PDF form, choose Forms & Signatures > Prepare Form. Select the field that needs to be required, right click on it and choose Set as a Required Field: Save changes.

Fields marked with are mandatory Using an asterisk () symbol content authors notify mandatory field. This is said to be one of the accessible modes of identifying a mandatory field, however this method also will be a problem with screen readers in certain times.

Ifferent ways to make field mandatory : Make the field ?Required? at the time of field creation by checking the ?Required? check box. Make the field Required through Page Layout by checking the ?Required ? checkbook in Field Properties. Validation Rules can also be used to make the field mandatory.

When you make a field required, people must enter an answer to the field in order to submit their entry. When someone tries to submit an entry without filling out a required field, we highlight the problematic fields and display an error message to let them know the field is required.