Is it possible to repeat a set of fields in an interactive PDF?

Forum|Forum|9 years ago
October 7, 2016
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The goal is not to create a long document and have the user be able to press a "+" button and add another set of fields. So instead of having a document with two pages of the same fields they would be able to add them as needed.

Thank you!

Kris

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kmaier@enerconmail.comAuthor

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Is this something that can be done in InDesign? It looks like what you are showing above is that you cannot create a repeatable block of fields only new page templates with fields on them.

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

When you want repeatable block of fields you can use LiveCycle Designer.

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gkaiseril

Inspiring

See A Lesson in Templates by Dave Wraight. Old but it still works.

After creating the template you can spawn a new page but it will usually have all fields prefixed by "P1.", You will have to rename the fields on this page from "P1" to "P0". This can be done by ordering the field names in alphabetical order and locating the parent field "P1" and renaming it "P0". You can then hide the template page. If you have calculations you need to programmatically computing the field names on the spawned pages. This process has been explained in a recent post.

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

Use a template page for this.

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