Page 1 is fillable, subsequent pages are copies with different read only fields

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January 15, 2016
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I have created a 5 page fillable document. All of the fillable content from Page 1 is copied to pages 2 thru 5 by using the same text box names. However, there a read only text boxes specific to each page. Is it possible to "hide" pages 2 thru 5, yet still have them print?

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try67

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No, that's not possible to achieve in a PDF file. However, you can place the contents of the pages on a layer that is not visible on screen but is visible when printed. I don't see how that would be useful, though, as the information will be easily accessible to anyone printing the file...

michaelludwigAuthor

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It's okay if the information is visible to anyone wanting to look for it, as it's all the same information as on the first page other than the read only text boxes on pages 2 thru 5, and all 5 pages still need to be printed. Just trying to make it simple for the people that have to fill it out as not everyone is very PDF savvy. My fear would be that there would be a lot of confusion if the filler had to look at more than one page.

try67

Community Expert

If you want the fields on the other pages to have the value of the fields on page 1, but be read-only, then they can't have the same field name.

Let's say you have a a field on page 1 called "Name" and you want to copy it to fields on pages 2-5 called "NameCopy".

Create the fields and then set NameCopy as read-only and apply this code as its custom calculation script:

event.value = this.getField("Name").value;

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