Wrapping Sentences in Form Fields

Forum|Forum|14 years ago
February 14, 2012
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When creating fillable forms, whether from a scanned document or an electronic saved copy, how can I make the form wrap sentences down to the next line? Currently my forms don't move the sentences down to the next line along with the entered text and has to be done with the mouse or tab button. I want to make the form user friendly and "flow" from line to line when writing multiple sentences.

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Tirzah26302741vb82

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Same as comment right before mine. Just discovered this is an issue for the forms I use as well. It's now 2022.

When I did a search on this topic, this post was at the top of the list.

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Leigh38790224hu0c

Participant

Now it's 2024 and I still can't find a solution to this issue...

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della_1925

Participant

Same here! It's not automatically wrapping to the next line. 😞

try67

Community Expert

Are you talking moving from one form field to another, or to have multiple

lines within the same field?

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Anonymous

Wow I appreciate your quick response. Let me try to clear up my question. In developing my form from a PDF file Acrobat was able to create form fields automatically and was perfect except for the fact in one area of the form where a question is asked. There are several lines for the user to reply on but once you start typing, the wording runs only to the end of that one line and just shrinks in font to accomadate the length of the response. How can I make the form let the typing automatically move to the next line then the next line etc..?

try67

Community Expert

Go to that fields properties and tick on the Multiline box (under the

Options tab). Also, change the font size from Auto to something else to

prevent the text from shrinking when it doesn't fit the box anymore.

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