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Azuidea99
Azuidea99
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January 13, 2016
Question

Editing text fields

  • January 13, 2016
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When editing a PDF and needing to change the text style throughout all text box fields is there a way that I can select every single field or automatcially set the font size and style.  I have not been able to figure this out and it consumes a lot of time to have to select each individual text field/highlight and select the ones that are on the current page and edit them that way.  It would save me so much time if I could just edit them all at once.

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Azuidea99
Azuidea99Author
Participant
January 14, 2016

I see.  I don't even know how to get to or find codes.  I was just hoping there would be a way so it would save me a lot of time.  I really appreciate all your help.

Azuidea99
Azuidea99Author
Participant
January 14, 2016

I have no idea what JS API is.  Sorry...I am new to adobe.

T
Test Screen Name
Legend
January 14, 2016

Solving this is really a task for a programmer, I fear. This is the problem with saying something can "easily" be done in a script. If you are adventurous you can find where that code is setting point size and set it to 9 instead, but you won't get there with just copy/paste...

Azuidea99
Azuidea99Author
Participant
January 14, 2016

Okay so I want all the font to be Courier New Bold size 9.  Is that possible with the code you posted?

T
Test Screen Name
Legend
January 14, 2016

Yes, I think so check out the JS API Reference for available properties.

Azuidea99
Azuidea99Author
Participant
January 14, 2016

They are text fields that I am creating in the document. 

try67
Community Expert
try67Community Expert
Community Expert
January 14, 2016

OK. So let's say you want to set them all to font-size 12. You can run this code from the console:

for (var i=0; i<this.numFields; i++) {


    var f = this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));


    if (f==null) continue;


    if (f.type=="text") {


        f.textSize = 12;


    }


}
try67
Community Expert
try67Community Expert
Community Expert
January 13, 2016

Depends what kind of "text fields" you're referring to. Are these actual form fields? If so then it can be quite easily done with a script.

Also free-text annotations can be edited using a script, but it's more complex. If you're referring to static content on the page then it's not possible, though.

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