I have a pdf of a work invoice that I am trying to have auto detect all the fields where we can start completing it digitally. Auto field detect says there are no fields to detect.

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I want to be able to click the boxes and fill customers information, parts, labor, etc. all digitally. the boxes are already there because we have the empty form printed and then fill them out with a pen. The program just isnt detecting those boxes to fill in digital text boxes. I am doing each individually, but they are not the same size or centered. It will look sloppy if they are not all formatted the same.

Passionate_Gem2755 · Accepted Answer

For the uneven sizes, once you have drawn one field the way you want it, you can make the rest match without redrawing them. In Prepare Form, select several fields (Ctrl/Cmd+click), then right-click the one that is already correct, which acts as the reference field, and use Set Fields to Same Size (Height, Width or Both) and the Align, Distribute or Center options. For rows of identical boxes like parts and labor lines, right-click a finished field and choose Create Multiple Copies, which lets you set how many copies go across and down along with the spacing.

Randy Hagan · Answer

First, I believe you are on the right track to draw in the fields yourself. It helps you direct the order for filling out the fields easier, and lets you specify what attributes each field you create. As far as the size of the fields, you can set ruler guides before (ideally, to make creating the fields easier) or after (to align the fields you have already created so they will be sized uniformly and correctly

Show your document rules in Acrobat by selecting the View>Show/Hide>Rulers & Grids>Rulers menu command if you’re using the current version of the software. This command might be named and positioned slightly differently, if you’re using an older version of the software. But the keyboard shortcut Cmd/Ctrl +R (depending on if you’re using a Mac or Windows system) works for all versions of Acrobat.
You can place your cursor on the ruler, hold the left mouse button down and drag horizontal and vertical ruler guides where you’d like them on your document layout. They’re movable, and when you place them where you want them, make it easy to line up your boxes and size them to match the boxes of the original printed form.

Hope this helps,

Randy

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