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Steve Milne
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October 18, 2023
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How to Align Text Top Left in a Field. Where is it???

  • October 18, 2023
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I give up. This new Acorbat is dreadful. I need to align text on a form to the top left corner. It used to be under properties. Simple, clear and easy to find. Now I can't find it any where now.

 

Doesn't anyone know how to do this, so it matches, you know, the InDesign document postion??

 

Why is Acrobat so hard to work with?

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    JR Boulay
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    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 19, 2023

    These (well-hidden) options arrived with Acrobat 6, so perhaps they work better:

     

    1- Using the form edit tool:

     

    2- Using the Hand tool, hit ctrl-E (Windows) or cmd-E (Mac) when typing in the field:

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      Steve MilneAuthor
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      October 19, 2023

      Thanks, but doesn't solve the issue. I've had to lay everything out wrong in InDesign, to get it to be in the right possition in Acrobat. And you are correct, the amount of windows and hidden away features in Acrobat is, in my opinion, an absolute joke. It is not an intuitively laid out peice of software. You set styles in InDesign. Then have to add that style to the 'Buttons and Forms' pallette and THEN have add some of the styles back in in Acorobat! Plus there are at least 3 different styles for pop out windows In Acrobat. Come on, it has to be better than that. It's been a long project... or made to feel longer than it should be.

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        Excusatio123
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        October 18, 2024

        I've been having the same issue, but I noticed that it only happens with some fonts. In my case I decided to leave the default Helvetica, although I don't like it because it clashes with the remaining font of the document...

        Joel Geraci
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        Joel GeraciCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        October 18, 2023

        Single-line form fields will always vertically align to the middle. To align to the top, the field must be set to multi-line. This has been true since Acrobat 3.5 and remains the case in New Acrobat in "Prepare a Form" mode.

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        Steve MilneAuthor
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        October 18, 2023

        That doesn't work in the newest Acrobat. I've been trying! There used to be an 'align' option for horizontal and now its gone. Or I cant find it. It still sits in the middle and any further copy it moves down, but the first line doesn't move. So frustrating as I'll need to setthe work up wrong in InDesign and get it in the right position.

        Bernd Alheit
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        Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        October 18, 2023

        What font does you use in the field?

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