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alexzack_az
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November 19, 2018
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How to Limit Word Count in InDesign Interactive Text Fields?

  • November 19, 2018
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I am making an interactive document with Indesign, and I wanted to know if you could limit the words in the text field? – As for now the user can just keep writing in the textfield, which is not that slick.

Anyone who have a hack for this issue?

 

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Derek Cross
Derek Cross
Community Expert
November 19, 2018

After you export the PDF form from InDesign you can open it in Acrobat Pro and fine tune the fields in terms of choice of font, alignment, colour, number of characters and more.

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    alexzack_azAuthor
    New Participant
    November 19, 2018

    But the file is not going to be exported as a pdf per se – but it will be exported in another program which will use the Indesign file spec given as it is. So is there anyway to determine the amount of characters from within Indesign?

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    joep94083698
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    August 21, 2024

    Hi @joep94083698, 

     

    Thank you for bringing this to our attention, and I’m sorry for any confusion this may have caused. I understand your concern about third-party solutions being suggested when you’re looking for a built-in option within InDesign.  

     

    To better assist you, could you please provide more details about the specific limitations you’re encountering with text fields in InDesign? 

     

    For further reference, you might find some helpful information in this community post: How to limit interactive text field and have it au... - Adobe Community - 13099134

    We’re here to help, so please let us know more about the issue, and we’ll do our best to find a suitable solution for you.

     

    Thank you,  
    Abhishek Rao  


    Hello Abhishek, 

    I think the main problem here is that we don't have the same tools to customize forms in indesign that we do in acrobat.  Things such as limiting the number of characters in text fields and specifying formats such as Numbers only, email formatting, date formatting, number formatting, auto advancing to the next field etc. 

    This type of functionality is only available if we export a PDF and use the "Prepare a form" tool in Acrobat PRO. 

    From a production standpoint this just adds a bunch of extra steps we have to take to author forms within documents.  We should have the same form tools within indesign so we're not having to resort to all of those additional steps.

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