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Locking Tab Order

May 5, 2012 3:42 PM

Hi, I am working on a form that has a lot of text boxes, check boxs, drop downs, etc.. I have the tab order set to "Order Tabs Manually". I have everything in the order that I want but any time I edit or move a box, it messes up my order and throws that box completely out of order. Is there a way to lock down the tab or so that no matter what i'm working on, nothing about the tab order will change?  Thanks

306 Views   1 Reply   Latest reply: George Johnson, May 5, 2012 9:41 PM
 
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    1. George Johnson,
    May 5, 2012 9:41 PM   in reply to Mos20
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    This behavior really stinks, and if you can believe it, it's considered a feature. Acrobat attempts to auto-adjust the tab order to what it thinks makes sense, but it's either a bad algorithm or is simply buggy as it can so thoroughly mess things up. I use Acrobat 7 to set the tab order for a lot of my forms since it is much faster and it doesn't have this unwanted behavior. I've submitted bug reports about this, so maybe we'll see an improvement someday.

     
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