How do I align text to the bottom of a field in form editor

[saberns]

I created a form and would like the text to appear on the predawn line when clients are filling it out. How do I do this in the editor. Please help!

[try67]

You can't align the text to the bottom of a field. If you want it to sit on top of a pre-drawn line you'll need to adjust the field's location and height manually to achieve it.

[bb82115466]

In 2022, this still doesnt work! Its just bonkers that Adobe doesnt offer the ability to align to the bottom of a field without moving the entire field. Just bonkers!

[radzmar]

Feel free to make a feature request the official way: https://acrobat.uservoice.com

Complaining in this forum won't help.

[TheEye]

Condecending comments like this don't help either. It's a community post, people should be able to express their frustration with other users.

[bb82115466]

Thank you Community Expert! I made a request years ago, and nothing happend. If we as consumers dont voice our frustrations with companies, they will continue to do de minimis. 

I still think its Bonkers!

[twilly910]

I know, I'm super frustrated that I can't adjust the text on the bottom line, it's like it's floating at the top of my field. I just spent time watching YouTube tutorials and no one addresses this issue. ugh

[Joe37537482z64f]

I got it.   Do what the other guy said, in form mode, go to the text box properties, options tab, then click the the "Allow Rich Text Formatting" box.

Close form mode.  Enter any text into the text box , ie "aaaaaaaaa".

Back to form mode, make the text box narrow enough to cut off some of the text, a plus sign in a black box will appear at the bottom right corner of the text box. 

Get out of form mode.  Click in the the same box,  then CTRL E  or CMD E (properties).  The properties box you are looking for pops up.  After choosing bottom justify, go back to form mode and change the box size back to how you want it.

Important:  The "Allow Rich Text Formatting" box must be checked before doing anything.

[Joe37537482z64f]

Actually...

Form mode:  Select all text boxes you want to justify.  (Hold CTRL while selecting).

Double click, properties, options, Check  "Allow Rich Text Formatting".

Close form mode: Click in text box, CTRL E or CMD E.  Box pops up...

[JR Boulay]

This feature is well hidden in the depths of the Acrobat interface:

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2.

ctrl E or cmd E on Mac

[PDFLearner2222]

Thanks. It was slow, but I did the first step, then Closed the Form view, and then manually selected each field, hit Ctrl-E, More, and then adjusted the vertical alignment.

[CoolMoeZ]

Thank you for the screen shots!!! No one ever does that and I find it incredibly helpful.

I have one problem. I use my Pro license on a virtual machine via Parallels on my Mac. So the desktop is Windows, but on my MacBook Pro. For whatever reason, I don't get the toolbar in your second image and NEITHER Control+E nor Command+E are working for me to bring up the next box. Did I miss a step between image 1 and image 2? 

This is where I am stuck:

[Bernd Alheit]

1. Enter text in the field
2. Select the text
3. Press ctrl-e

[CoolMoeZ]

Thank you, it did not occure to me to click inthe box. And now I have switched to running Pro on my Macbook Pro. So I can get the text editing bar, I have the "More" button, but that does NOTHING. I do not get the new box with only 3 tabs - one for Paragraph. Should I be opening a ticket with Adobe? 

[Bernd Alheit]

Exit/close the form edit mode.

[CoolMoeZ]

I don't understand. How can I format the text alignment in a form field if I am not in form edit mode? If I do that, will it save the format setting when I save this as a fillable form? In JR Bouley's original screen shots, he is in "Prepare a form"; which I am guessing what you mean by 'form edit'? Thank you for clarifying.

[Bernd Alheit]

The second screenshot is not in  "Prepare a form".

[twilly910]

It still makes no difference, if I exit "Prepare form" the paragraph option is not there..

[Bernd Alheit]

Have you added text in the field and selected the text?

[CoolMoeZ]

No because I want the end user to fill in the text. Sorry to get cranky but that is the definition of a form field. We create the form so someone else can type in it. I want their typing to display at the bottom of the field so it aligns with a pre-existing line and my form won't look weird due to having all the blue form fields lowered to achieve it. 

Hey Adobe developers, I hope you see all of this and connect the dots with the requests for same in the Feedback section. 

I thinking all of this equates to Adobe has removed (or possibly broken?) this tool since 2022 when JR first posted his fabulous screen shot steps. 

[CoolMoeZ]

How do you exit form editing if you have the properties open? That second screen shot is the result of launching the properties of a field variable aka form field in Prepare a Form mode. I'm not trying to align permanent text like a Word text box, I want to align a fillable field. So I'm editing that fillable form field in edit mode. 
I do feel like I'm missing something, or there is a disconnect somewhere. 

[twilly910]

Whwn I get to the step where I hit "more" on teh Mac, nothing happens. So the paragraph options do not appear. Any sugeestions?

[CoolMoeZ]

Same for me. Also on a Mac.

[JR Boulay]

Nothing has changed since my previous post.
You must understand that this setting is not done in edit mode, it must be done in form fill mode (with the Hand tool selected).
Enter a blank space in the relevant field, select it and set the parameters as shown in the screenshot (use CMD E on a Mac).

Tip: leave this blank space in the field, otherwise all settings will be lost if the field is left empty.

[MsMoe86]

Well that explains EVERYTHING. IATAH in that I could have sworn your first image was in Edit mode. But it also immediatly puts the kibosh on my whole endeavour. 

I urge all folks on this thread to go to the Feedback Forum, here is the link directly to the Acrobat Pro Windows and Mac section. I searched for "text at bottom of form field" and got back 2 or 3 items that are the same as this. Mark them as Critical! 

If you need to give feedback on other products, go up one level in the URL.

May the developer odds be in our favor sooner rather than later.