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Anonymous
July 27, 2016
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How to populate multiple fields from one...?

  • July 27, 2016
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I'm working with Acrobat 9 and trying to edit some fields in an existing PDF I have. I have certain fields that repeat themselves (EX: Social Security #) and I'm trying to get it where you only have to fill it in one time and it will appear on the other parts of the document. I was not the original developer of this fillable PDF, and the previous person has multiple fields that just randomly populate with information/data when a particular field is completed. HELP PLEASE!!!

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Correct answer try67

The key point to understand is that fields with the same name will automatically have the same value. So if you that to happen give them the same name. If you don't want it to happen give each field a unique name.

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Anonymous
July 27, 2016

That worked. Sorry for such an elementary question but this is great.
Thank you!

try67
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try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
July 27, 2016

The key point to understand is that fields with the same name will automatically have the same value. So if you that to happen give them the same name. If you don't want it to happen give each field a unique name.

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