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October 12, 2023
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DC Forms, copying a form label and its data from Adobe

  • October 12, 2023
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Hi.  I've searched through and not found my exact issue.  Some are close.

 

I have what will be a "complicated" form (at least for me).  Here's what I need to do:

* Have a "cost calculation" section where staff calculate the costs associated with their travel (hotel, meals, transportation, etc.). These are all calculated fields (number of nights X cost of hotel, etc.) This step, I'm fine with.

* Summarize that data into the several lines that will grab data from the caclulations above.  (For instance, the meals section will add together the # of breakfasts X the cost of breakfast PLUS the # of dinners X the cost of dinner.)  This step I'm fine with.

* Then, I need another bureau to be able to COPY that summary (Lodging/Meals/Transportation/Total) out of Adobe into an application they work with.  This is where I am having trouble.

 

When I copy the summary out, I only get the words, not the data that has been entered.  The data has to be pulled field by field.

Below is a SIMPLE mock-up for the purposes of seeing what I'm seeing.  If the fields are completed as follows (the dollar amounts are calculated):

Meals:  $100

Lodging:  $280

Transportation:  $200

Total:   $580

 

Now, if I do a copy/paste, all that shows up is:

Meals:

Lodging:

Transportation:

Total:

 

If I need the dollar amounts, those have to be individually copies...

 

Is there a way to create a summary that can be copied as ONE grab?

 

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Correct answer Bernd Alheit

So, I can't get the \n to work to create a new line.  Is there a trick?  I'm using Acrobat Pro, on a Windows 10 Enterprise computer, if that makes a difference. 

So, the results are coming out 

Lodging Total 210 Meals Total 120

 

Rather than 

Lodging Total 210

Meals Total 120

 


Use a multi-line text field.

1 reply

Bernd Alheit
Community Expert
October 12, 2023

In Adobe Acrobat you can flattern the form fields.

Participating Frequently
October 13, 2023

Bernd, thank you for responding so quickly.  So, I have never used flatten form fields before, but in what I just looked at, it seems that only works with Acrobat.  Most of our users will be using Reader to complete and send and receive our form.

Any other thoughts?

Bernd Alheit
Community Expert
October 13, 2023

With a script put labels and data in a multi-line form text field.