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AnnikenRB
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November 5, 2024
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Moving fillable forms to the back or avoid them for covering text and lines

  • November 5, 2024
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Hallo! 

 

I have to make fillable pdf forms at work and continously struggle with the fields covering up the other information on the page. The result is that the form looks bad and unprofessional. Can someone please help?

 

Im working in Adobe Acrobat Pro and have information, boxes and tekst on the page. In addition I have placed out fillable forms for the users and these have to be coloured light green, to still be visible after they are filled out. But when I have a background color in the fillable field, they tend to block some of the other information on the page. I have tried to move all other information to the front, but the fillable forms seems to still be placed in the front. Is there any feature, to get them blaced in the back?

 

Below are two examples, the first have boxes covering the black lines and the other does not. Sometimes it looks good, and sometimes it does not. What fields are covering the lines are also varying 😕😕

 

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Thom Parker
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Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
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November 5, 2024

I would suggest adding a document script to turn off highlighting. Then design the forms with the background color you want already in place. Make the fields transparent, including the borders. All graphics are then on the page, and are not related to the fields. 

 

 

 

 

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
PDF Automation Station
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PDF Automation StationCommunity Expert
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November 5, 2024

Fields are always on top of the PDF graphics.  You have to adjust you field sizes so they don't cover what's underneath.  Also, it can look different depending on the magnification on your screen.  In other words, it might look like a line is covered when it actually isn't.  If you increase the magnification, the lines you can see might change on your screen.  If you use the built-in field highlighting instead of fill color, it won't matter because you can see through the highlighting.  This is a user setting.  You could make a button that toggles the highlighting on and off.  Keep in mind that it changes the setting application-wide, not just on the form.  If you are going to use fill color, you could make the field transparent after the field is filled in by using the following custom calculation script in each field:

if(!event.value)

{event.target.fillColor=color.green}

else

{event.target.fillColor=color.transparent}

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