Nuance omniform filler 5.5 for designing and distributing forms User Manual

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Some fillable text fields might be designed with validation settings such as:

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Requiring information to be entered so that the field is not left blank

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Requiring specific information to be entered

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Requiring information to be entered from a list of choices

For example, you might be required to enter a valid date in a Date field. You would 
receive an error message from OmniForm if you attempted to enter anything other 
than a valid date. Depending on how the field was set up, you might be allowed to 
override the validation requirement.

Sometimes fields are designed with calculations that compute and fill information 
for you automatically. 

In the example below, the TOTAL field automatically added the amounts entered in 
the first and second fields. The TOTAL field would increase automatically if 
amounts were entered in the third and fourth fields.

As you begin to enter a word on a form, OmniForm can automatically complete the 
word for you if there is previously filled information that matches the word you are 
entering. For example, if you had previously entered the name John in a field, as soon 
as you enter J in another field, OmniForm would automatically enter John for you.

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Choose Options... in the Tools menu.

The Options dialog box appears.

The calculation in this field automatically 
computes the total for you.