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Topic: Re: Can Acrobat Forms show/print expandable fields????
Conf: (P-PDF) General, Msg: 49516
From: kt
Date: 5/29/2002 04:32 PM

>From: "Connie"
>
>I'm interested in using Acrobat to create a form that will be filled-in
>online. One of the crucial elements of this form cannot be accomplished in
>HTML, so I'm hoping Acrobat Forms is the answer...Here goes:
>
>Some of the text fields in the form will be filled in with A LOT of text
>(some users may only input a few lines; others may input several pages
>worth of info). My questions are:
>
>1. Will the field expand on the screen to accommodate however much text is
>inputted? (will the field expand to accommodate all the text or will you
>have to scroll the text field to see it all?)
>
>2. Will the field expand when printed so the entire field will be seen on
>paper. (this is very important!)
>
>Thanks to anyone who takes the time to answer this question!



Connie,

1. The field doesn't expand but the text inside it will expand and
autoscroll as need be until the user has entered something like 32,000
characters, at which point he'd better be finished because that's all it'll
hold.

2. No, the field will not expand beyond the bounding box you originally
set. You would have to set a large, large bbox and leave it at that. And
even at that, you're limited to what will fit on one page. I am not aware
of there being any capability for a single text field to split across
several pages.




Kas Thomas

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kt@acroforms.com www.acroforms.com
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