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I have been trying to make an interactive form in inDesign with reasonable success, but there is one feature that I need to make the whole thing work; the capability to centre the text in the text field box that I have drawn. The Buttons and Forms tab gives me the option to change text size, but that seems to be the only option available in terms of text formatting.
Knowing how to do other features such as making inputted text bold or underlined would also be helpful.
I have looked around on tutorials but none seem to address my specific issue as far as I'm aware. If anyone is able to help it would be greatly appreciated.
Can’t be done natively in InDesign. Try in Acrobat. Tools > Forms > Edit. Double click on the text field to get Properties. Change its Alignment in Options tab.
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Can’t be done natively in InDesign. Try in Acrobat. Tools > Forms > Edit. Double click on the text field to get Properties. Change its Alignment in Options tab.
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True, but don't fix it in Acrobat until the form is finished, because if you have to update the form in InDesign, and output a new PDF, you will lose the editing you added in Acrobat.
~Barb
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Not necessarily. You could always use the replace pages command in Acrobat.
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It's all possible with our FormMagic | Id-Extras.com
A free edition is available for short forms.
Ariel
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Maybe, offer a version that one can purchase without a recurring charge.
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put fillable text boxes where you want them in InDesign then export pdf (interactive). Open pdf in Acrobat then click on tools tab>prepare form. Double click on fillable text box to open panel and under options select Center under Alignment drop down.
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This was extremely helpful - thank you!
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Thank you!
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Has anyone seen or heard any reasoning behind why you can't do this natively in InDesign? It doesn't make much sense to me why Adobe wouldn't allow you to set these things to be applied upon export, instead of having to jump between programs (and to another user's reply, potentially have to reformat if any updates to the base form need to be made).
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I totally agree with jaberle!
However all I hear is crickets!!!!
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It can be done in InDesign! - In Buttons and Forms palette, when choosing options for the fillable box. Make sure the Multiline checkbox is ticked 🙂
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MY HERO
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Could you elaborate on this a little? The "multiline" option does not give me any obvious way of setting text alignment. The Buttons and Forms box looks the same whether it's checked or not.
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Awesome, thank sooooo much for this!
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Thank you!!! I've been trying to work this out for hours. Not exactly intuitive but once you know you know.