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In the Field Properties dialog box, click on the Action tab. The default "When this happens" item will be MouseUp. Leave the item selected for MouseUp and click on the Add button.

The Add an Action dialog box will appear. In this dialog box select JavaScript from the pull down menu.

Click on Set Action to open the JavaScript editor.

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Note: For Windows users, Acrobat 5.0 enables you to use a text editor of choice for editing JavaScript code. Select the Edit -> Preferences -> General menu command to open the Preferences dialog box. Click on JavaScript on the left side of the dialog box to open the JavaScript preferences. On the right side of the dialog box, select the External Editor radio button and click on the Choose button. Navigate to your editor and Select it.