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giagraphics
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May 22, 2020
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Acrobat Forms "Prepare Form" is there a way to turn off default "Scroll long text" in text box

  • May 22, 2020
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Hi, does anyone know a way when preparing forms using "Prepare Form" and automatically having the text fields built that you can have the "Scroll long text" box "unticked" by default. In a single line box (which is the most used box style in a form) this is annoying. I have to manually go through and untick every box in the Properties for each page. If there is not a way to change the default does anyone know any "javascript" code that I could add to each document to make this happen globally. I know little about writing javascript, but have found other scripts to help me globally change the font and delete the tooltips.

Or could Adobe please consider changing the default, to unticked for this option. It's very time consuming unticking hundreds of boxes.

Cheers

Gia

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    Correct answer try67

    No, you can't change it, but yes, you can do it using a script:

     

    for (var i=0; i<this.numFields; i++) {
	var f = this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));
	if (f==null) continue;
	if (f.type=="text") f.doNotScroll = true;
}

     

    And you can request to be able to change it here: https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

    2 replies

    JR Boulay
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    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 23, 2020

    1- You can select all the text fields on a page and uncheck this option for all the fields at once.

     

    2- It's up to everyone to set their default values not to Adobe, which leaves it up to users:

    After unchecking this option for a field, right click on this field and select "Use current properties as new default"

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
    try67
    Community Expert
    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 23, 2020

    2. That only affects fields that you create manually, not those created by the wizard, unfortunately.

      JR Boulay
      Community Expert
      JR BoulayCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 23, 2020

      I did not know.
      I never use the wizard.

      Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
      try67
      Community Expert
      try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      May 23, 2020

      No, you can't change it, but yes, you can do it using a script:

       

      for (var i=0; i<this.numFields; i++) {
	var f = this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));
	if (f==null) continue;
	if (f.type=="text") f.doNotScroll = true;
}

       

      And you can request to be able to change it here: https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

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      giagraphicsAuthor
      Participant
      June 2, 2020

      Wonderful, thank you so much for your help. Wish I knew how to write JavaScript, but its beyond me. Cheers

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