Can Text Flow between two Acrobat Form Field ?

george filipescu

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Oct 28, 2002, 7:37:11 AM10/28/02

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Can somebody answer me for the following question:
How I can link the text flow between 2 field from separately pages ? It is posibile to control the format text into a multipage form ? It is possible to flow the text between 2 pages in Acrobat Form Field ? (ie. a field with explication can be bigger than one page, and so I must put in multiple page)
Can somebody help me with this info ?

Doron Shefer

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Oct 28, 2002, 11:30:57 AM10/28/02

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Can you confine the length of the possible text entry on the originating field?

Doron Shefer

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Oct 28, 2002, 8:21:26 AM10/28/02

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Please try to make your question clearer.
Do you need that a text entry in one page will be apparent/duplicated in some other page?

george filipescu

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Oct 28, 2002, 9:25:59 AM10/28/02

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I want to entry text in a form text field and this text must flow in the next page when he is longer than the lenght text field.

Frater Wotson

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Oct 28, 2002, 10:00:19 AM10/28/02

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I do not think that you can have text flowing from one form field to another form field (even on the same page).

george filipescu

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Oct 29, 2002, 1:28:10 AM10/29/02

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Tank's Frater. Can you tell me how can I make a text flow between 2 separatelly field from the same page ? For examples, i want to start writing my text in one field (ie field with comments in the form), and when this field is full, the text must flow in another field for continuate (ie field witn continuate comments).

george filipescu

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Oct 29, 2002, 1:38:15 AM10/29/02

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Thank's Doron, I like to write a comments in one field from my form created. I have a field with 4 row, with width like page form (ie A4), but the comments is bigger. In this case I must introduce another field, in the next page, for continuate comments. I thinh that the text introduce in the comment field from the first page must flow in the next page, when I finish to writte the comments. When I writte the comments, and when it's longer than destination field, the text up in the field, and the cursoor is keep at the bottom of it and I can introduce the text. But when I finnish to writte the comments, the text down in the field, and the exceded text is not visible in my field, but exist. How can I flow this text in another field, from the next page (for examples). The lenght of the comments can exceed the space give from an A4 (for ie). An orientative length can be 12.000.00 char.

Doron Shefer

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Oct 29, 2002, 7:47:44 AM10/29/02

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As far as I know, you can't write text in one field and just 'continue' writing in another field.
Therefore here are two suggestions:
1. In the 'Properties', 'Options' tab of the two text fields, check 'Multi-line' and 'Do Not Scroll'. Make the tab order of these fields consecutive. When you end writing the first, a Tab will take you to the second (even if not on the same page) and you can continue writing.
2. Have only one field, but make it Multi-line and scrollable. When you enter it after it has been written to, you can go down by the down arrow key to see all the text.

Hope this helps.

george filipescu

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Oct 30, 2002, 1:09:39 AM10/30/02

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Thank you Doron, I will try the first ideea. I think that it can be use a short Java Srcipt in proprieties field, to solve the way for present the text in different pages, using the same named field, but starting with different top position in field, specific for each page. Ie I think if my text have 12.000.00 char, and in the field on the first page it can be writte only 4.000.00 char, and in the field on the second page it can be 8.000.00 char, the Java Srcipt must put the tag in the text. So, the char from start to tag must show in the first page, and than from tag to end must show in the second page. Do you know something about ?

Doron Shefer

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Oct 30, 2002, 1:34:19 AM10/30/02

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Sorry, no. I am not familiar with these aspects of JS.