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jamesh16492013
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May 17, 2019
Question

Create Expandable text fields in Acrobat DC

  • May 17, 2019
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Previously used LiveCycle Designer to create fillable forms.  Recently installed Acrobat DC.  IS there a way to emulate the expanding text field, with flowed text control, within forms created using the prepare forms tool within Acrobat DC?

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Participating Frequently
June 22, 2020

Currently this is a feature being considered by Adobe... but we need to upvote it in order for Adobe Softwear engeneers to understand how BASIC and important it is for Form users to have expaning fields! 

 

https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/suggestions/18999883-create-expandable-text-field-forms#{toggle_previous_statuses}

try67
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Community Expert
May 17, 2019

Not really, no. You can use a script to try and calculate the width of the text and adjust the field's dimensions based on it, but unless you use a mono-space font, that's very difficult. And even if you manage, when you expand the field it won't "re-flow" the rest of the page's contents...