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Find and Replace text inside form fields

Community Beginner ,
Dec 27, 2019 Dec 27, 2019

Thanks in advance for anyone willing and able to help. I'm new to Acrobat, and am hoping to find a way to use the Find and Replace with function for text that has been input into text form fields. Is this possible? I tried and an error message popped up that said "Unable to highlight text in Form Fields. Should I be using another method to create the fields?

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Edit and convert PDFs , How to , PDF forms
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Community Expert ,
Dec 27, 2019 Dec 27, 2019

It's possible using a script. For example, you can use this (paid-for) tool I've developed that does just that:

http://try67.blogspot.com/2012/01/acrobat-search-replace-text-in-form.html

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 27, 2019 Dec 27, 2019

Thanks for the suggestion! If we have mulitple users linked through our business account, would we need to purchase the tool for each user? If so, I think I need to find another solution, or somehow figure out how replace the form fields with something similar that controls where and how text can be added but doesn't have the same restrictions of the form field

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Dec 27, 2019 Dec 27, 2019
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Please contact me privately (via try6767 at gmail.com) to discuss pricing and licensing.

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