How to automatically duplicate text within PDF document

Question

I am trying to set up a PDF format as follows:

I have a PDF document with 100 identical pages. I enter text into Field 1 on page 1. I need that text to automatically populate into Field 1 on page 2.

On page 2, I will enter additional text into Field 1 that will automatically populate into Field 1 on page 3. But I do not want Field 1 to change on page 1..and so on.

*Adobe X pro 10.1.2

Does anybody have a solution?

Thanks!

gkaiseril · Answer

Since each "Field1" can be different on each page, that means each field is unique and will require a unique name can scripting. I would look at using a 'prefix" for each "Field1" on each page that will allow each field to be uniquely named and provide a naming convention that associates each "Field1" on a page with that page. I would recommend using the approach used by the spawned template field renaming. Each "Field" would be prefixed with a capitol "P" followed by the zero based page number and a ".". So page one would have "P0.Field1" and page 2 would have "P1.Field1" and so on. Then one could add an "On Blur" action to the field to copy the contents of the current field to the field on the next page. One will also need to test for the page being the last page of the PDF.

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