2 Replies Latest reply: May 6, 2009 4:09 PM by dan_hin RSS

    tab order and acrobat

    dan_hin Community Member

      Hi all,

       

      I'm ready to burn my copy of acrobat and Livecycle designer.

       

      What I need to do is have the following elements available over a series of pages -  I'm creating an application form:

       

      - often 30+ text fields per page

      - one image field for the applicant's logo

      - the ability to save the document for further amendments

       

      all this functionality needs to be accessible with adobe reader.

       

      Previously I thought I had managed to attain this holy grail - until of course I saved the PDF in livecycle, enable usage rights in acrobat and tested the PDF. All my tab orders were out of place.

       

      so I go into livecycle, and amend the tab orders. We're talking over 19 pages of content, all with 30+ text fields per page. It's a lot of work for my mouse hand. I save the file, test it again, and none of the changes have been saved.

       

      Can anyone offer me a solution?

       

      I'm on Windows XP SP3, using CS3 web.

       

      Dan

        • 1. Re: tab order and acrobat
          SnookerDJ Community Member

          Hi Dan

           

          Have you tried amending the tab order in Acrobat at all once the PDF is generated from LiveCycle.  You can access this I think from one of the options at the top.  I had a similar problem converting InDesign to PDF using CS4 and it is a bit of a pain as if you spot that you have made a mistake in your original document you have to do all the tab order and tool tips again.

           

          Thanks

           

          Darren

          • 2. Re: tab order and acrobat
            dan_hin Community Member

            good idea, but as soon as I edit it in acrobat I lose the image attachment functionality. What a ballache. I never want to use LCD again.