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Form fields containing live text

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    • March 31, 2014 at 7:34 pm #67808
      Matt Mayerchak
      Participant

      I’d like to create a form field in InDesign (for use in Acrobat) that has a text field with some text already in it. I.e. when I export the PDF, the form field would show up as a fillable field, but say something like “please type your name and phone number here.” I don’t want this instruction to show above or below the text field – I want it to be replaced by what the user types.

      Or, in other instances, I’d like the user to add to the text that is already there, or change it. Creating the text it in InDesign will be a lot easier and allow me to use stylesheets etc.

      I know how to export a form field from InDesign. But when I add text in InDesign to the text box that is a form field, and export the PDF, the text disappears.

      Can this be done in InDesign?

    • April 1, 2014 at 8:38 am #67817
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Hi Matt,

      This link might help, you may spot something useful.

      https://tv.adobe.com/watch/cs6-creative-cloud-feature-tour-for-design/creating-pdf-forms-with-indesign-cs6/

      Ken

    • April 1, 2014 at 10:07 am #67818
      Matt Mayerchak
      Participant

      Ken,

      Terry White’s video is a good overview of form field creation, but it doesn’t mention whether it’s possible to have live text in a field that shows up in Acrobat. I’m guessing that this is not possible – i.e. the only way to do it is to open the form in Acrobat and then add in the text. But that’s cumbersome and has to be redone every time we make a new pdf.

      So, if anybody else knows how to do this, please do post a reply.

    • January 11, 2017 at 7:53 am #91151
      Tao Howard
      Member

      Wow I too need an urgent answer to this question. The ideal would be to be able to type the info in the form field in inDesign and export it with the text still in there so that the end user can replace if necessary when they receive it (because it is still fillable).

    • January 12, 2017 at 5:15 pm #91225
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      Maybe FormMagic would help? Not sure:

      FormMagic

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