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stephanief92701060
stephanief92701060
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March 5, 2019
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Combobox - multiline options (Acrobat Pro DC)

  • March 5, 2019
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Good morning. I’m hoping someone can help? I am trying to create a form with a dropdown field with multiline (paragraph) item options in Acrobat Pro DC. Is there any easy way to do this?

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Thom Parker
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Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
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March 5, 2019

Yes, but it's not easy. Multi-line item entries have to be set from a script.

You can read about scripting for lists (dropdowns and lists are the same) here:

https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/List-Field-Usage-and-Handling.cfm

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/list_and_combo_in_lc

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
try67
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try67Community Expert
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March 5, 2019

As mentioned, this can be achieved with a script, but it's an undocumented feature and it tends to be buggy. I would recommend against doing it.

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