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I have created a Acrobat PDF form with a list of location to choose from a drop down box. They are currently in alphabetical order, however, due to the number i was to shorten to process by allowing the person inputting to only add the first couple of letters, and the form will bring up the options beginning with those characters. Is this possible?

try67 · Answer

Not entirely. What can be done is to use a separate text field as a "filter" where the user could enter those letters and it would dynamically change the items in the drop-down list. This requires using a script, like this (paid-for) tool I've developed that does just that: https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-create-live-filtered-list

Alternatively, they can enter a letter when the drop-down list is open and it will jump to the first item that starts with that letter, but it only works with one letter at a time, so if they enter "B" and then "E" it won't go to the item that starts with "BE", but to the first one that starts with "B" and then to the first one that starts with "E"... If they press "B" twice it will go to the second "B" item, etc.

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