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BERT0D4C
Inspiring
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
Community Expert
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.

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BERT0D4CAuthor
Inspiring
April 25, 2023

I had to set up a veterinary form with over 1000 fields using InDesign's terrible, one-tab-at-a-time ordering system. It took days. I finally gave in and decided to do the ordering in Acrobat. It isn't great, but it is much better. I don't think Adobe is going to improve this. I do a few dozen forms a year that have to be filled out digitally and printed. I feel for you!


Thanks Frazzlesnap :)) I don't do it daily so a once in a while suffering session is OK. It makes me appreciate creative work a lot more. It is still not right to say you have a form solution but actually haven't. It is like saying i am designer but aren't. It just sucks. And says alot about the makers.....

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