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• • November 7, 2013 at 7:52 am #66116
    paralyys

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    Hello everybody.
    I’m trying to create a document where teachers could change the names of pupils in example texts, as to avoid embarassment in class. Names are repeated, so I would like to make a pdf where if you change a name once, it changes everywhere.

    I know how to do it with forms and a little javascript [this.getField(“X”) b.value=’X’] in Acrobat, but I was wondering if it was possible to simplify the task using Index or some new interactivity option in ID 6.

    Thank you in advance,
    Paul

  • November 7, 2013 at 9:35 am #66117
    David Blatner

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    I think you’d just have to use the Find/Change feature to search and replace text. You could do a whole bunch of them in one go using the findchangebylist script (search our site for info about this) or the Multi Find Change plug-in from automatication.com

  • November 7, 2013 at 10:38 am #66118
    paralyys

    Member

    Thanks, David. The multifind seems like a real timesaver.

    I should have mentioned that my pdfs would ship on a CD accompaning the printed versions, so if there is a conflict in the names the teachers could print out their own versions.
    I’d need something that sits in the extended reader enabled pdf.

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