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Temple University Interactive Forms allow you to view and print blank forms or complete forms online and print them for submission to the appropriate department. These online forms use the features provided with Adobe Acrobat PDF (portable document format) file format, Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel. There is no online verification of the information you enter. You are responsible for entering all required information online before printing the form. You may also be instructed to hand write additional information or sign your name on the form after printing a completed form.

Departments will not process incomplete forms.

To view, complete, or print PDF forms you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4.05c or higher installed on your computer. This software can be downloaded for free by following the steps listed below.

Obtaining and Installing Acrobat Reader    

1. Once on Adobe's site, click on the appropriate link or icon to download the Acrobat Reader installer application. Choose the appropriate selections to save the file onto your Windows Desktop.
   Note: At the Save As window do not change the name of the Acrobat Reader installation file.
2. After the download is complete, quite your Web browser.
3. Go to your Desktop and double-click the newly downloaded file.
4. Follow the instructions on your screen. You may be prompted to remove an older version of Acrobat Reader that is on your computer. Follow the Add/Remove Program procedures for your operating system. After successfully removing the older version, return to your Desktop and double-click on the downloaded file to reinitiate the installer application.
5. After the installation process is complete, you can drag the Acrobat Reader installer icon to the Recycling Bin.
   
   You will be prompted to reboot your system.

• Position the mouse over the icon to see a note on form usage and where to send the form upon completion.
• Position the mouse over the icon and click to view and print the form instructions or documentation. Forms may have multiple icons depending on the amount of documentation.
  
  These documents will open in Acrobat Reader within the browser window

Acrobat Forms:

• IF an error message appears while opening a PDF, please upgrade Adobe Acrobat Reader to the most recent version (v. 4.05c is the lowest version you may have to view these PDFs). Click the "Get Acrobat Reader" icon to go directly to thye Adobe download page. If you need assistance in downloading and installing Acrobat Reader, please click HERE.
• A blinking cursor or arrow pointer should automatically appear in the first form field that can be filled out and you can begin to complete the form.
• If neither appears, select the hand tool from the Acrobat toolbar menu. Position the hand pointer inside a form field and click. The blinking cursor appears inside the field and allows you to type text. Arrow pointers allow you to select a field, a check box, a radio button, or an item from a list.
• Press Tab to accept the field change and move to the next field.
• Press Shift + Tab to accept the field change and move to the previous field.
• Position the mouse in an area of the form that is outside of a form field before printing your form. If you keep your mouse within a form field and print the form, the contents of that field may not print.
• While the form is displayed within your Web browser window you may use the printer button on the Acrobat toolbar menu or the Web browser printer button to print the form. If you have difficulty printing your PDF format form, please follow this link to Troubleshoot Your Printing Problems.
• A blank version of the form may be saved to your hard drive or a diskette, however you will not be able to save a filled-in version of any form unless you have the full version of Acrobat installed on your computer in addition to Acrobat Reader, or if you view and fill-out a Word version of the form.

• Place cursor in the field you wish to complete and begin typing.
• Individual fields may have instructions placed in tooltips which are visible when the mouse hovers over a field.
• A filled-in version may be saved to your hard drive or a diskette
• When you click the Web browser back button, you will be prompted to save the information you have entered or return to the previous page without saving.
• While the form is displayed within your Web browser you may use the printer button on the Web browser to print the form.

The copy, cut, and paste features of Acrobat Reader can assist in entering information on the form. These features function the same way that the copy, cut, and paste features of popular word processors function.

To Initiate:

• Position the cursor in a form field that contains the text to be copied or cut.
• Highlight the text and right-click on it.
• Select Copy or Cut from the menu.
• Position the cursor in the form field where the text is to be placed.
• Right-click in the destination field and select Paste from the menu

Many employees have asked if there is a way to save a PDF form to your desktop that has just been completed on the Web. This would eliminate the need to return to the Web to complete routinely-used forms and retype constant information such as department name, phone number, or address.

In order to save a completed PDF form you need the full version of Adobe Acrobat software on your desktop. This software is different from the freely available Acrobat Reader.

Some of its capabilities include:

• Saving PDF files such as an Interactive Form.
• Creating PDF files from popular business applications such as word processing, presentation, or spreadsheet software.
• Converting scanned paper documents into PDF documents.
• Collecting multiple documents and turning them into a single PDF document.