Line breaks and multi-line text boxes

[Sprouts]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone could help me. I'm trying to create a fillable form in acrobat that allows the user to type across multiple text boxes without having to press tab or return at the end of the field. Is this even possible? 

For example:

Tell me about cars? Blah blah blah blah blah is good
because blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________


Thanks!

[Joe]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone could help me. I'm trying to create a fillable form in acrobat that allows the user to type across multiple text boxes without having to press tab or return at the end of the field. Is this even possible? 

For example:

Tell me about cars? Blah blah blah blah blah is good
because blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________


Thanks!

If you increase the height of the text box won't the text wrap to the next line when it gets to the edge of the box? Or do you need multiple text boxes for some reason?

[Sprouts]

I suppose that would work, but I'm looking to line up the filled in text to the already existing lines on document I'm using as a template.

[Joe]

I think it should if you are using the same font, size, spacing and all of that jazz, no?

[Sprouts]

Here is an example of what I don't want.  Is it possible to adjust spacing, leading, etc? If so, how do you do that?

[Joe]

I got this to look like the spacing is the same as regular text in this PDF by using the same font and size. The one thing I could not accomplish was to make the form field hyphenate the way the text at the bottom of the image does. I also have not found the other attributes such as spacing, leading, etc...

[Sprouts]

I'll give it a try. Thanks for taking the time to help me out Joe!

[Joe]

No problem. That's what we are here for. Good luck with it.

[David]

If I'm understanding this correctly,
I've done this before.
Make several smaller text boxes (that fit to the line you're wanting to use) and link them together so the copy flows from one to the next.

[Sprouts]

Yes, that's exactly what I'm looking to do.  Can you please let me know how I can do this?

Thanks!

[Joe]

If I'm understanding this correctly,
I've done this before.
Make several smaller text boxes (that fit to the line you're wanting to use) and link them together so the copy flows from one to the next.

Cool. I'd like to know too in case I ever need to do it. :cool:

[David]

Man, I opened my mouth and now I can't for the life of me, do it.
I swear, I did this once on a form for another department.

I'm still checking into it, I'll report back, promise.

[David]

ekkk,


must have been dreaming, can't do it for sh*t now. I could'a swore I did it...

oh well, sorry no help, I'll go back to my drinkin'...


and setting my 15 emails of unformatted text into a book with brush script type in all caps...
 

:azn: