Auto-Size Text - Not Working

Question

Hello,

We are having an issue with our fillable Adobe Form.

We have PDF document templates that we edit in Adobe.

The information in the template is held within a table.

The last column in the table is where we put the most information.

Before this issue, the text within this box was set to auto-size; therefore, if there is a lot of text in the box, the text will be small, and if there is little text in the box, the font will be large.

We recently updated our templates, and the auto-size feature is no longer working.

We have tried reading through several forums, but have not found a solution.

We do not want to use the 'scroll long text' option under the prepare form tool, because we lock the PDFs after they are finalized. Therefore, the end recipient would not be able to scroll the text.

Any help would be appreciated.

PDF Automation Station · Accepted Answer

Thank you, this resolved the issue! But does this mean we cannot use rich text formatting at all?

Sometimes we need to italicize text, and having rich text formatting turned on has been the only way we've been able to do so.

RTF has specific properties for text, include size, which does not include "auto" or "shrink to fit". You would have to write a keystroke script to shrink the text if it exceeds a specific length.

johl_3504 · Answer

Hello,

It is also worth mentioning that the steps below from another post were followed, and the auto-size function still does not work.

"- Open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat (not Reader).
- Go to the “Tools” section and select “Prepare Form.”
- Double-click on the text field you want to modify. This will open the Text Field Properties dialog box.
- In the “Appearance” tab, locate the Font Size setting.
- From the dropdown, select “Auto” to allow the font size to adjust automatically based on the amount of text entered."

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