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BERT0D4C
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April 25, 2023
Question

Order in which fields can be filled in (Forms)

  • April 25, 2023
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I make forms for a gas company sometimes. I copy/paste repeating columns, obviously. But i found out that the numbering and order is a untackeld area for the makers. Every field must be handled OKed separately. Unworkable, really!! May it be changed fast....!! Having to select te tool under "Object" etc etc and only moving 1 field and than having to do it over and over again is inhumain.

Ideas anybody?

PLEASE HELP if you know a better way or programmers IMPROVE IT!

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Pickory
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April 26, 2023

Not what it was intended for. You could use the Articles panel.

 

Didn't work.

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
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April 26, 2023

Yeah, the articles panel is for reading order, not tabbing through form fields.

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
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April 25, 2023

Assuming you're talking about the tab order, it's probably easier to do in Acrobat. 

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BERT0D4CAuthor
Inspiring
April 25, 2023

You are right but giving the tool and make it like this is a nono in my book. Look, any change in the InD doc and i can do the sh*t (sorry) in Acrobat all over again. Nice.
Thanks anyway Bob but this needs to be fixed. Try and do this form (inclosed) without copying nilly willy and it will jump from here to there. So a really right way to do forms is to make a real solution.

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
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April 25, 2023

Fixed? Nothing's broken. That's a complicated form and it's a lot of work.

 

You asked a question and gave you the answer. I'm sorry if you don't like it but frankly, I see almost zero need for PDF forms these days especially if it's going to be accessed via a website.

 

If indeed that is the case, just put a proper form on the website and be done with it. If not, get to work and again, best done in Acrobat. Nobody's going to give you a better answer than that. Users have been complaining about the form creation tools for many years so don't hold your breath waiting for any changes.

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