Is it possible to transfer dropdown boxes from Word to Acrobat?

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September 26, 2018
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If I create a form with MS Word that includes check boxes, radial buttons, and dropdown boxes, will those controls be imported into Acrobat or do I have to create them again from scratch when I create an Acrobat PDF form from the Word document?

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Correct answer try67

You have to create the again from scratch after you convert the file to a PDF.

gary_sc

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Hi Heather,

If you have InDesign, you can create pretty much all you want and need there and then save it as a PDF.

Here's a brief video tutorial on how to do this and it shows off a whole bunch of the potential options.

https://layersmagazine.com/creating-interactive-pdf-forms-in-indesign-cs6.html

Let us know if any of this might work for you.

G

gkaiseril

Inspiring

Form fields created in InDesign do not always work in Acrobat or require some fixes. OpenOffice.org the form fields and options carry over to the PDF.

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gkaiseril

Inspiring

It cannot be done in MS Word either using MS's Save As PDF/XPS or Adobe's PDF Maker. It is possible with other Office Suite programs like Apache Open Office.

try67

Correct answer

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You have to create the again from scratch after you convert the file to a PDF.

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