Changing default properties for text when using Prepare Forms

[Nestor28303024lmxw]

When I use the Prepare Forms tool, Adobe creates fields that are too big both in terms of box size as well as font size.  I know I can modify the properties of a field by clicking on the individual field.  That becomes cumbersome if you have a lot of fields.  I'd like to be able to do at least one of the following:

• Change the default settings for the box height, field font, and font size; or
• Select all of the fields (using Ctrl-A would be nice) and change the properties for all of them in one shot.

Are either options possible?

[try67]

1. Not possible.

2. That is possible, as long as you only select fields of the same type. You can do it in Edit Form mode, by selecting the fields in the Fields List panel on the right (sort them by name, instead of page, and you'll be able to select them all).

Another option is to do it using a script, which can modify the properties of multiple fields at once.

For example, this (paid-for) tool I've developed will allow you to do so:

https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-mass-edit-fields-properties

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

Set your first field up the way you want it to be, then right click on that field and select "Make Properties the New Defaults". This will then apply the settings for the current field to all fields of this type. This may not take care of the size of our fields, but here you can select all of them, and then right click on the one that you want to use as the template for the others, and select "Set Fields to Same Size>Both". This will apply the size to all selected fields.