Need Help Creating Form for Use on Adobe Reader

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I used adobe acrobat pro to make a binder of duplicate forms and when open on my iPad using the reader app I can fill in the forms, but because the forms are all duplicates, all of the box names are the same, so each page comes out identical. I can't just rename the boxes because each form has over 200, and it would take forever since I have 10 of the forms in the binder. I tried creating a portfolio, which seems to have worked, but once i open it on the reader app, it says "modifying the document is not allowed because it is an attachment". Does anyone have a suggestion on how to either fix the binder so that all of the boxes are not named the same without manually changing the names individually, or a way to make the portfolio editable, and not viewed as an attachment?

try67 · Accepted Answer

The latter is not possible, as that's the nature of a Portfolio file.

The former is possible with a script, but doing so would cause all field actions like Format, Validation, Calculation, etc., to be lost.

I've developed a (paid-for) tool that allows you to do it, if you're interested: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Rename Duplicate Fields to Unique Fields

Test Screen Name · Answer

If you try the JavaScript forum, someone may have ideas on how to script name changing. JavaScript

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