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Julie5FDF
Julie5FDF
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October 28, 2021
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Interactive Forms

  • October 28, 2021
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I know that InDesign has the ability to create interactive forms with Buttons and Forms feature. How can I have that same ability in Illustrator? Is there a plug in maybe? Also, I know you can create a form in Acrobate...the problem I am trying to solve is I want a form that I do not have to recreate every time I send a proof out. The interactive form needs to be on the same page as my art in the .pdf but I don't want to keep recreating the form every time. Any suggetions would be appreciated. 

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

You can add the form fields in Acrobat and replace the design later with an update without changing the form functionality.

In the Page thumbnails in Acrobat you have a popup menu with the choice to replace pages.

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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October 28, 2021

You can add the form fields in Acrobat and replace the design later with an update without changing the form functionality.

In the Page thumbnails in Acrobat you have a popup menu with the choice to replace pages.

    Julie5FDF
    Julie5FDFAuthor
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    October 28, 2021

    That could be something to work on but my proofs are all different sizes and it keeps form fields in same location...but I may be able to mess with it to see if I can make something work. Thanks for the suggestion.

    Met1
    Met1
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    October 28, 2021

    AFAIK this is not (or was not - maybe in 26?) possible directly out of Illy.

    As you say "interactive form needs to be on the same page as my art" create in ID and place the art from Illy in the ID doc.

      Julie5FDF
      Julie5FDFAuthor
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      October 28, 2021

      Yes, that was one of my solutions but my art is created in Illustrator and I don't want to add another program in the mix. Plus, this would cause the "proofer" the limited ability to look at color seperations in Acrobat since bringing in the Illustrartor file into InDesign placed it as an image therefor giving it CMYK color seps in Acrobate.

      Monika Gause
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      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 28, 2021
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       since bringing in the Illustrartor file into InDesign placed it as an image therefor giving it CMYK color seps in Acrobate.


      By @Julie5FDF

       

      I don't understand why this would happen with a properly set up file.

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