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How do I change the baseline shift in a text form field when exported to a PDF?

Explorer ,
Jan 14, 2025 Jan 14, 2025

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How do I change the baseline shift in a text form field when exported to a PDF?

 

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Jan 14, 2025 Jan 14, 2025

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Hi,

Can you confirm the steps you took to create this and if you have Adobe Acrobat (or others like Adobe Forms ex. LifeCycle) to edit the fields?

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Jan 14, 2025 Jan 14, 2025

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Hi,

I created a text field from the Buttons and forms menu, is it possible to add an image field in adobe acrobat?

 

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Jan 14, 2025 Jan 14, 2025

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@James3669094303ct

 

Unfortunately, FormField Objects - the whole Class - do not have this text property - baseline shift.

 

They are descendants of the PageItem superclass - so no "text properties" at all.

 

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Jan 14, 2025 Jan 14, 2025

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It looks like your form field properties are set to "Multi-line" this will align the type to the top of the form field, if you turn off Multi-line, it will align to the center of the box. Edit- the baseline of the type does appear to be a bit random when the form boxes are tight, like your example. Also, you can group select the form fields in Acrobat and move them as a group (Tools> Prepare forms). Are you asking about adding an image to a pdf, or having the user add an image using a form field? both are possible in Acrobat.

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Jan 14, 2025 Jan 14, 2025

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You can't change the baseline shift, either in InDesign or in Acrobat. (In Acrobat, if the field is set to a rich-text field, there is a way to do this).

Theoretically, text in a form field in Acrobat is supposed to be centered vertically. In practice, it depends on some property that is defined in the font itself (I don't know if I ever managed to figure out which), so what actually happens in Acrobat is a little font-dependant.

If you want the field labels (Surname, House Number, etc.) to line up perfectly with the editable field itself, you might consider turning the labels into text fields in InDesign as well, just make them non-editable (i.e. check the "Read Only" checkbox).

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