Pre-populate text fields to be overwritten

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October 19, 2017
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I am creating editable PDFs for clients to edit in Reader. I use Acrobat XI. I want to pre-populate text fields that can then be overwritten by the client. Every custom script I have tried does not seem to work.

Thanks in advance.

Karen

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Correct answer Karen Thring

But it does not. When it becomes Reader enabled, it does not allow for overwriting.

Trial and error has eventually led me to this which works.

Thanks so much for your assistance however.

Best,

Karen

var haveText = false;

if (event.value.length > 0)

haveText = true;

if (event.target.richText && event.richValue.length > 0)

haveText = true;

if (!haveText) {

text = "Your Name";

event.value = text;

}

try67

Community Expert

Why do you want to do it with a script? Just enter the default value for the fields, save the file, and that's it.

Karen ThringAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks so much for your reply. That certainly works but the client need to highlight the wording first rather than just overwriting it. I use other scripts for character spacing etc (not required in this instance) where client simply overwrites. I should have clarified that was what I was aiming for. Thanks again.

Karen

try67

Community Expert

Something like this? Is there a way to add instructional text to my text field that will disappear when clicked? (PDF Forms)

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