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Line spacing and text fields?

May 7, 2012 6:54 AM

Categories: Macintosh

Frequently, when I design an interactive form, I'll include horizontal lines so a user can print it out and fill it in the old fashioned way–by hand. This usually involves double spaced lines. My problem is that when I insert an Adobe Acrobat text field over these lines the default leading, or line spacing, doesn't work. How can I get the text field to double space the user's input so it'll match the lines?

 

Thanks!

1909 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: kcrossley, May 7, 2012 7:28 PM
 
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  • Gilad D (try67)
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    1. Gilad D (try67),
    May 7, 2012 7:08 AM   in reply to kcrossley
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    You can't set line spacing for regular text fields, but you can for text fields with rich formatting.

     

    However, I don't quite follow why you would need it. If the user choose to

    fill in the form digitally, why the need for double spacing?

     

    Message was edited by: try67 Forgot about rich formatting...

     
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  • George Johnson
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    2. George Johnson,
    May 7, 2012 9:45 AM   in reply to kcrossley
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    Below is link to a PDF that demonstrates setting the background of a multiline text field to be opaque when it has the focus and when it is not empty. This way, the lines are obscured when it is filled in with Reader/Acrobat but are shown on the printed page (if empty) so a user is able to print it and fill it in by hand, which is where the lines are useful. You'll have to study it a bit to see how it works, but it's fairly simple.

     

    Demo: https://acrobat.com/#d=AG6oZ3bi3DYHokxDPeWN7A

     
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  • kcrossley
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    3. kcrossley,
    May 7, 2012 7:25 PM   in reply to George Johnson
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    George, that worked great, but I still wish Adobe would allow us to double space text fields. Thanks!

     
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  • kcrossley
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    4. kcrossley,
    May 7, 2012 7:28 PM   in reply to Gilad D (try67)
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    try67, the purpose of double spacing text field was so the users typed repsonse would line up with the horizontal lines. I wasn't aware that you could use javascript to blank out the lines. The only problem with the javascript solution is if a field isn't filled in electronically, the lines still remain, which makes the form look a little silly when printed out.

     
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