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February 11, 2016
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Is there a way to create a table that creates new 'lines' when enter is pressed?

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Hi all,

I'm trying to create a  pdf packing list for my company to use regularly. Usually this packing list is generated by our software, but our software wasn't deisgned primarily for shipping and purchasing and is feature-lacking. With complex or revised orders, we have to create our own documents and I wanted to create something that could be used as a standard that mirrored what the software generated.

So, the document itself. The packing lists (or invoices or purchase orders, depending on what's needed at the moment) have a number of items arranged in a table with properties. These properties being the name of the item, the description, how many pieces, the price, the container dimensions, etc. Simple packing lists have three or four items that all fit on one page but larger orders have items that overflow onto several pages, terminating with a 'total' for all the fields.

My question is, is it possible ot create a table in Adobe Acrobat DC that allows me to create a dynamic table, one that can be lengthened (with additional rows) when needed onto another page or several pages? The table If it makes a difference, each page would have a header and footer (the shipping information and logistics) so this 'dynamic table' would be sandwiched between those two areas.

Thanks,

EDIT: I've been looking around and, while I hope Adobe Acrobat DC has this function, it appears the best way to acchieve this is via Adobe Live Cycle Designer, which fortunately my supervisor has a copy of. This youtube video explains, in an overview, exactly what I want to do and how to do it via that program. Maybe that will help someone in the future who also have Live Cycle:

Creating Robust Dynamic Forms in Adobe LiveCycle ® - YouTube

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Correct answer try67

As you found, this is more a feature of LCD, not of Acrobat. It's possible to add new fields in Acrobat, but there's no "dynamic table". It has to be done manually.

Another option is to create a template page with additional fields and then spawn a copy of it when necessary.

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try67
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try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
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February 11, 2016

As you found, this is more a feature of LCD, not of Acrobat. It's possible to add new fields in Acrobat, but there's no "dynamic table". It has to be done manually.

Another option is to create a template page with additional fields and then spawn a copy of it when necessary.

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    johnf10003692Author
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    February 11, 2016

    Yeah, you're right. What I'll do is, I'll work with LCD and leave this topic open in case someone else has my issue and need help (I was surprised to find very little information about this topic).

    Thanks,

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
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    February 11, 2016

    LCD is not very commonly used because it is very complex and, IMO, cumbersome, to use and also because of the files created with it don't work on many platforms, like mobile devices. Also, there's no LCD for Macs (although LCD files will work on Mac desktop computers).

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