Duplicate info in a fillable form

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February 26, 2023
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I have created a student log book as a fillable pdf. They insert their name and memberhip no on the first page. How do I get this info to appear at the bottom of subsequent pages.

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Correct answer ls_rbls

SAA_Two_Star_Diver_Student_Training_Log_V1-0_(1)_-_working_doc.pdf

Here you go:

https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:40f3b25d-e0bc-3439-b44e-6018b1208883

Let me know this works.

What I did I added a validation script on the the original text fields to copy their value in the other texfields.

In order for this to work as you needed it I had to change the field names in the duplicated fields and also made them read-only.

This way, when you use "Order Tabs by Row" the the tabbing will skip those read-only fields and go to the next field in the proper sequence.

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Irene1674Author

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Hi thank you for this info which has helped. Problem now is that when I tab between the boxes the tab is going to the bottom the page where the duplicated info is. How can I prevent this

ls_rbls

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Using the Prepare Form tool, note the right-hand side navigation pane.

There is a section labeled as "FIELDS"; it is easy to miss.

To the right of that section there is a little icon that resembles a 3 line paragraph.

Click on it and select from the context menu ==>> "Order Tabs by Row"

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Irene1674Author

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Hi I have done this but the tabs are still going to the bottom of the page

ls_rbls

Community Expert

Hi @Irene1674 ,

Open the Prepare Form tool
Right-click with your mouse pointing device on the desired form field(s) and select copy from the context menu.
A new exact copy of that field will become visible
Do the same step as described above but this time right-click on the new field that you just copied and select "Cut" from the context menu
Scroll down or move to the first page of that document where you need to drop this field onto
Right'click on any area of the document where you want to drop it and select "Paste" from the context menu
Manually drag and drop that field to align it with the appropriate margins at the bottom of that page
Next, right-click again on that field but this time select "Duplicate Accros Pages" from the context menu
A dialog window will open up with two blanks to enter a range of pages (From Page # to Page #)
Fill in the blanks with the page range that you want it copied to and click the OK button to commit the changes.

The field will be copied automatically throughout the document in the exact same position.

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