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Loz55
Loz55
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March 2, 2017
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Can fields be made to expand to fit text?

  • March 2, 2017
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I have created a doc in Indesign CC and exported as interactive form to Adobe Acrobat X 10.10.16.
I have selected some of the fields to be multi line fields, and added a scroll, but when the form prints the information at the bottom of the scroll is hidden.

Is is possible to create expand to fit text? I have been researching and seen that Adobe LiveCycle can do this, but I only have a mac - not sure it will work on macs?
Is there anyway to do it with the programmes/computer I have?

Many thanks!

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Correct answer try67

It's not possible with an Acrobat form, but it is possible with an LCD form, as you've found out.

And yes, it will work on a Mac, but you can't create it there as LCD itself is a Windows-only application.

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try67
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try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
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March 2, 2017

It's not possible with an Acrobat form, but it is possible with an LCD form, as you've found out.

And yes, it will work on a Mac, but you can't create it there as LCD itself is a Windows-only application.

try67
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try67Community Expert
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March 2, 2017

PS. A better solution is to set the font size to Auto, or use a script to copy the text to a blank page at the end of the file when printing it.

    Loz55
    Loz55Author
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    March 2, 2017

    Thats really helpful thank you - now I need to learn about scripts!

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