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lindsey-sharpco
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March 22, 2016
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Acrobat Pro DC: Need Help Linking Text Fields to Enable Text Overflow

I'm using Acrobat Pro DC and I'm trying to link two form fields in such a way that the text from box1 will overflow into box2. Anyone know how to do this? I'm a novice so I'll need some step by step help. I've done some research but have only found solutions for previous Acrobat versions so the instructions are essentially useless. Please and thank you!

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lindsey-sharpcoCorrect answer
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March 23, 2016

I've done it!! You just edit the custom keystroke script and enter this:

if ( event.fieldFull || event.willCommit )

this.getField("name of overflow field goes here").setFocus();

Only problems I have run into is that you cannot have the fields linked and there cannot be any special characters or spaces in the field name.

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lindsey-sharpcoAuthorCorrect answer
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March 23, 2016

I've done it!! You just edit the custom keystroke script and enter this:

if ( event.fieldFull || event.willCommit )

this.getField("name of overflow field goes here").setFocus();

Only problems I have run into is that you cannot have the fields linked and there cannot be any special characters or spaces in the field name.

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Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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March 23, 2016

How did you handle following issues?

  • user deletes text
  • user changes text
  • user paste text from other places
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try67
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try67Community Expert
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March 22, 2016

There's no way of doing it seamlessly in PDF forms, as far as I know.

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