Adobe Editor - Automatically Add Comma after Text Field, no matter what length the text field is

[dfox]

I am very new to Adobe Editor. I am preparing several letters that I would send out for my business, and I was hoping to find a way to automatically add a comma to specific text fields. Examples of this would include addresses and greetings. I of course could manually type them out, but for sake of time it would be great if Adobe could automatically do this for me. I originally added the comma as part of the PDF, but that doesn't work as well because the comma doesn't always match the length of the address or the recipient of the letter's name. Is there a way for me to have Adobe automatically add this comma?

[99jon]

Maybe you need MS Word with grammer and spelling suggestions? Are you using Acrobat or another Adobe application?

[dfox]

I'm using Adobe Acrobat 2017.

[99jon]

Getting you to the right community. Maybe volunteers here will be able to help you.

[try67]

Are you talking about an actual text form field, or are you referring to static contents that you're adding to the PDF?

It's possible with the former, not the latter.

[dfox]

I am talking about the form field. Essentially, it would read as follows:

"Dear [Name], "

The [Name] is a form-field, and the comma after is what I would like to be automatically added.

I can't put the comma in the PDF text itself, as the name can vary in length.

Thank you!

[try67 · Accepted solution]

You can use this code as the field's custom Format script:

if (event.value) event.value+=",";

[dfox]

Oh my gosh, it worked. You are fantastic, thank you so much for your help with this 🙂

[JMC08]

How would this work to add text before the value?

I have a field [Name] and I want the other field to look like "For [Name]:"

Thanks

[try67]

event.value = "For " + this.getField("Name").valueAsString + ":";

[JMC08]

thanks.  you are the best!

[Lesley34980766vvfj]

I can't make that work.

[lcarrithers]

Hi There, 

I have the same issue and tried the code you suggested but it does not do anything. Do you have any suggestions on how to get it to work?

[try67]

- Where did you place it?

- What happens when you use it?

[lcarrithers]

Hi, thank you for your quick response and your willingness to help.

This is the merge field I am using: {{Matter.PrimaryClient.FirstName}}. I clicked into the text box, navigated to the "format" tab, selected "custom" for the format category, and then edited the custom format script to read: if (event.value) event.value+=",";

When I generate a merged PDF, only the merge field populates, but the comma does not appear. No error message appears at any point.



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