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How do I create a multi-line text box?

Community Beginner ,
Jan 18, 2013 Jan 18, 2013

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I have a PDF that was tradionally printed and filled out by hand, and am trying to convert to an e-version.

Everything is working great but I can't figure out how to make this one thing work. For example I have a section like this:

More Info: _______________

_________________________

_________________________

_________________________

How can I make it so when one starts typing in the "More Info" section, their response continues from the 1st line to the 2nd, to the 3rd, etc.?

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Community Expert , Jul 31, 2013 Jul 31, 2013

Set the font size to anything but Auto.

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Community Expert ,
Jan 18, 2013 Jan 18, 2013

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You can set a text field to be multi-line and tick off the option to scroll

long text to have it automatically wrap, but you'll have a problem with the

first partial line, since form fields can only be rectangular. Another

problem might be the lines themselves, since you'll have to use a font size

that will fit them exactly, or it will look odd. I would suggest getting

rid of those lines altogether. They are not needed when filling in the form

electronically. It's a relic from printed out forms where people had to

hand-write their answers.

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Community Beginner ,
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Thanks for the reply.

I'm aware of the actual "multi-line" option, and can make the rectangular word-wrap boxes.

The problem is linking the different text-field areas together.

I had planned on just removing the lines altogether for the reasons you've listed, but I'm being asked to keep them - though it sounds like it isn't going to work at all.

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Community Expert ,
Jan 18, 2013 Jan 18, 2013

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If you set it as multi-line you only need a single field, instead of

messing around with linking multiple text fields, which never works quite

right.

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 18, 2013 Jan 18, 2013

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Yeah, but then I can't continue it below the "More Info:" text on the 2nd line 😕

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Jan 18, 2013 Jan 18, 2013

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Why not? Just start it from under the text, or to its right.

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Jan 18, 2013 Jan 18, 2013

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That's what I did recently. I was working on a scanned PDF and ended up redacting out the first line and nobody seemed to care.

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Jul 31, 2013 Jul 31, 2013

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How do you make it so that with these multi-line text fields scroll when the amount of writing in them gets too large, as opposed to just shrinking the text?

Thanks!

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Set the font size to anything but Auto.

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Great. Thanks so much

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