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In form designs
created using a version earlier than Designer 8, you control repetitive
rendering of pages by specifying the Restrict Page Occurrence, Min,
Count, and Max options in the Object palette for the selected page
set or master page.
You can update an older form design to use page placement and
printing options, which also take occurrence into account. Using
the page placement and printing options, you can specify the pages
on which a master page is used as well as the settings for single-sided
and double-sided printing.
The result of specifying single-sided printing in a form design
closely matches the result of setting minimum and maximum page set
and master page-occurrence values. Therefore, it is recommended
that you begin by updating the form design for single-sided printing.
Then, when you are satisfied that the form renders properly, you
can update the form design for double-sided printing, if necessary.
When you select double-sided printing, you can control whether the master
page and other objects, including subforms, subform sets, and tables, occur
on the odd (front) or even (back) pages.
Notice that when you select the page placement and printing options
in the form design, Designer disables the occurrence settings because
management of the page set occurrences is now controlled by the
placement and printing options that you select. Therefore, it is
recommended that you back up the form design before you begin.
To specify page placement and printing options in existing form designs
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In the Hierarchy palette, select the page set.
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In the Object palette, select Print on Front Side Only from
the Printing list. Designer notifies you that the Restrict Page
Occurrence option will be disabled. Click Yes to continue.
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Select the first master page in the page set and click the
Master Page tab in the Object palette. Notice that the Restrict
Page Occurrence option is now disabled. Before this option was disabled,
this master page had a minimum and maximum page-occurrence setting
of one, indicating that it always occurs only once.
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Click the Pagination tab and notice that the Odd/Even and
Placement lists are now enabled and that there are no placement
restrictions for this master page.
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To specify that the master page occurs once, select First
Page (in Page Set) from the Placement list.
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Preview the form in the Preview PDF tab to confirm that the
master page is used once.
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Select the next master page in the page set.
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For master pages in the page set where the minimum page-occurrence setting
was 0 and the maximum setting was 1, select one of these options from
the Placement list in the Pagination tab in the Object palette:
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To specify that the master page is used for pages between
but not including the first and last pages, select Rest of Pages.
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To specify that the master page is used for all pages but
not including the first page, select No Placement Restrictions.
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For master pages in the page set where the minimum and maximum
page-occurrence settings were one, select Last Page (in Page Set)
from the Placement list to specify that the master page is used
for the last page.
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Preview the form in the Preview PDF tab.
To specify double-sided printing for an existing form design
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Follow the previous procedure for specifying page
placement and single-sided printing options in existing form designs.
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Select
File > Form Properties.
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Click the Defaults tab and, in the Choose Version To Run
Form In list, select Acrobat and Adobe Reader 9.0 or later.
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Click the Preview tab and, in the Preview Type list, select
Print Form (Two-sided).
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(Optional) To test the form that you are previewing by using
a data source that you created, use the Browse button to navigate
to the file. You can also enter the full path to your test data
file in the Data File box. You should plan to have several data
source files available for testing forms that are intended for double-sided
printing. For example, you should have a data source file that fills only
one page, a data source file where the rendered form ends on an
even page, and a data source file where the rendered form ends on
an odd page.
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(Optional) To test the form you are previewing by using an
automatically generated data source, click Generate Preview Data.
If the form contains repeating subforms or subform sets, indicate
the number of times each subform or subform set will repeat in the
data file. You can use the Browse button to navigate to the location
where you want the file saved. Type a name for the file and then
click Generate.
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In the Preview Adobe XML Form As list, select Static PDF
Form, and then click OK.
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In the Hierarchy palette, select the page set.
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In the Object palette, select Print on Both Sides from the
Printing list.
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Preview the form in the Preview PDF tab. It is recommended
that you preview the form as you work. If you encounter unexpected
behavior in the previewed form, review the settings for the Place
and After option in the Pagination tab for the subforms, subform
sets, and tables in the form design. For example, a subform that
is set to be placed at the top of the next even page may cause an unexpected
empty odd page in the middle of the form.
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Here is a list of ways that you can set up the form for double-sided
printing:
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