Is it possible to repeat a set of fields in an interactive PDF?

[kmaier@enerconmail.com]

The goal is not to create a long document and have the user be able to press a "+" button and add another set of fields. So instead of having a document with two pages of the same fields they would be able to add them as needed.

Thank you!

Kris

[Bernd Alheit]

Use a template page for this.

[gkaiseril]

See A Lesson in Templates by Dave Wraight. Old but it still works.

After creating the template you can spawn a new page but it will usually have all fields prefixed by "P1.", You will have to rename the fields on this page from "P1" to "P0". This can be done by ordering the field names in alphabetical order and locating the parent field "P1" and renaming it "P0". You can then hide the template page. If you have calculations you need to programmatically computing the field names on the spawned pages. This process has been explained in a recent post.

[kmaier@enerconmail.com]

Is this something that can be done in InDesign? It looks like what you are showing above is that you cannot create a repeatable block of fields only new page templates with fields on them.

[Bernd Alheit]

When you want repeatable block of fields you can use LiveCycle Designer.

[try67]

You can duplicate fields in an Acrobat PDF file, but what you can't do is "re-flow" the rest of the file to make place for those new fields, so either you have to have white space for them, or you need to spawn new pages using a template, or if the rest of the content is also located in fields then you can move it.