How do I autofill a text field in multiple forms within a portfolio?

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August 11, 2016
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I have a portfolio with several forms. How do I make the portfolio link the required fields to mirror one text field? For example, in all of the forms I'd like text fields "owner's_name" to all reflect the same entry. The same goes for text fields "owner's_location" and "project_name". Thanks in advance!

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gkaiseril

Inspiring

Portfolios have their own internal file organizer so the usual directory structure might not apply. Also there have been many changes to the internal format of portfolios so to get a method that works for all version is pretty limiting.

I would Export the FDF from form and then import that to the next form PDF. If you or your users will be using Reader then Extended Form Rights need to be added to the forms.

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jayh1361

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On each page of your portfolio you have to name the text field you created for "owners_name" the exact same thing. For example on page 1 if you name the text field owners name, it has to be the exact same on each page. So now when you fill in the owners name it will populate the owners name on each page.

try67

Community Expert

No, it doesn't work like that in a Portfolio file. Fields in different files in the Portfolio will not automatically have the same value, even if they have the same name. It needs to be done with a custom-made script.

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RiceQueen

Known Participant

hello try67,

what would a custom-made script look like in order for this to work?

I have a 14 page fillable PDF form with a few text boxes that are repeated on just about every page e.g. school, student name, date of birth, etc. I now need to separate this form into single pages but I still want the text fields to link to each other, so the school, student name or date of birth only needs to be entered once. Is there a way to do that? Can it be done in a PDF Portfolio?

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