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Søren Birch-Petersen
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February 1, 2018
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How to choose font type and allignment in a formfield?

  • February 1, 2018
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How can I choose which font is used in text form fields and how can I, for example, choose text centering of af formfield?

I am well aware that this can be selected and specified in Acrobat DC (after exporting the documen as an interactiv PDF file), but may it be right that I can not specify formats for text form fields when the document is created in Adobe Indesign CC?

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    Colin Flashman
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    Colin FlashmanCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 3, 2018

    It's on the Adobe InDesign Team's wishlist page (add your vote if it matters to you):

    More options when creating Forms via InDesign – Adobe InDesign Feedback

    I've created an Adobe Acrobat sequence file that is used through the actions panel in Acrobat to change fonts. A video of it can be seen here:

    Episode 18: Data Merge to Uniquely Named INTERACTIVE PDFs - YouTube

    The SEQU file can be downloaded from here:

    https://colecandoo.com/downloads/

    However, this solution requires an Acrobat-side solution and a knowledge of javascript if you want to make other formatting changes. The FormMagic application that Derek has suggested is a great solution that is available on the InDesign-side.

    If the answer wasn't in my post, perhaps it might be on my blog at colecandoo!
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      Søren Birch-PetersenAuthor
      Participant
      February 3, 2018

      Thank you very much for your reply - I appreciate it. I've given my vote for Adobe to implement the same options for editing forms in indesign as in acrobat - thanks again!

      Willi Adelberger
      Community Expert
      Willi AdelbergerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 3, 2018

      Don't use any other fonts than Acrobat Standard Form Font as it would blow up the size of the document and causes more often crashes as those fonts must be embedded completely (not every font's licence does allow this) contrary to these standard fonts.

      Derek Cross
      Community Expert
      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 1, 2018

      Yes it defaults to Times, you can change the font (use system fonts), size (up to 14pt from memory) colour and alignment and some other features in Acrobat Pro.

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      Søren Birch-PetersenAuthor
      Participant
      February 1, 2018

      Right - in Acrobat - but no chance for making this choises when working on the form in InDesign?

      Derek Cross
      Community Expert
      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 1, 2018

      Have a look at Form Magic: FormMagic | Id-Extras.com

      P.S. I've just checked and the maximum size of text is 18pt.

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