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carlangel
carlangel
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August 19, 2022
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How can I make an electronically fillable workbook from an existing pdf

  • August 19, 2022
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Dear experts,

I have an existing catalog of children's workbooks whose illustrated activity sheets require multiple-line answers, sometimes answers on a curved path. How would I accomplish this in Acrobat?

 

Thanks,

Carl

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Meenakshi_Negi
Meenakshi_Negi
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August 19, 2022

Hi  Carl,

 

Adding to the try67 suggestions,

 

Please refer to the following help document for more information on creating PDF form in Acrobat: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/create-form.html.

 

Let us know if you have any questions.

 

Thanks,

Meenakshi

    carlangel
    carlangelAuthor
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    August 20, 2022

    Hi Meenakshi,

    Actually, I have further questions. I found out the use case is for students with disabilities who would be using voice-to-type accommodations to complete the written portions of the workbook. What do you think about this use case?

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
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    August 19, 2022

    - Because the lines in the image don't line up I would use individual text fields, instead of a single multi-line field.

    You can add it via Tools - Forms - Prepare Form - Add New Field - Text Field.

    - Adding text on a curve is not possible in a PDF form field.

      carlangel
      carlangelAuthor
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      August 20, 2022

      Actually, I have further questions. I found out the use case is for students with disabilities who would be using voice-to-type accommodations to complete the written portions of the workbook. What do you think about this use case?

      maxwithdax
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      maxwithdaxCommunity Expert
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      August 21, 2022

      As an accessibility instructor I can tell you that you will need to take your form a step further than prepare form. You will need to ensure that accessible <FORM> tags are added to the tags tree (the area screen readers use to interpret the page content). I am happy to give you extra instruction and there are videos on LinkedIn Learning. Happy to point you in the right directions but it would be too long to post here. Please note that accessibility for students with disabilities requires additional behind the scenes work. Feel free to reach out to me here or  on LinkedIn - Dax Castro

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