Hi!
I can't get linked text to work properly. I have a section I want the PDF user to be able to fill in over multiple lines.
I've set up the links like this
(https://i.ibb.co/jDb7Nqg/01.png) (https://ibb.co/nj6hG4z)
However, in Acrobat Reader the text field overshoots instead of continuing on the next line
(https://i.ibb.co/vPHF8r6/02.png) (https://ibb.co/5860Vzg)
When I tried to make sense of this I tried to fill the text boxes with lorem ipsum to see if they worked at all, and they seemed to work as intended in Scribus, like so
(https://i.ibb.co/Yd6RKTp/03.png) (https://ibb.co/M1b2j5M)
But in Reader each line behaves like a duplicate of the first.
(https://i.ibb.co/Jqq7cDx/04.png) (https://ibb.co/5kk81bY)
Why is this, and how do I fix it? Is it some export setting? I get the same behavior in a new project, and I have also tried both versions 1.4 and 1.5+
Very thankful for any help.
I think the linking of text frames only work in Scribus, I don't think the PDF form format has support for linked text frames.
Oh, that's a shame if that's the case. I have used PDFs that work that way, but perhaps they were not created in Scribus.
Thanks, anyway.
hi banjolasse
Quote from: banjolasse on January 28, 2021, 12:40:28 PMI have used PDFs that work that way...
are you sure? ...if yes, could you provide such a .pdf form? – as i couldn't find anything about linked text fields in the adobe help.
utnik
You're probably right, actually. I double checked that PDF and it's probably just a single box with multi-line support that I assumed was linked. Oh well :D
Cheers.
I found this discussion thread in a quick search .. https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/how-to-link-two-or-more-text-field/td-p/1109259?page=1 (https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/how-to-link-two-or-more-text-field/td-p/1109259?page=1).
Quote from: dragonfly on January 28, 2021, 02:21:18 PM
I found this discussion thread in a quick search .. https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/how-to-link-two-or-more-text-field/td-p/1109259?page=1 (https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/how-to-link-two-or-more-text-field/td-p/1109259?page=1).
Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for! I found an even more refined version here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/does-anyone-have-a-script-to-make-text-flow-to-a-second-field-when-first-field-is-full-first-field/td-p/9175658?page=1 (https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/does-anyone-have-a-script-to-make-text-flow-to-a-second-field-when-first-field-is-full-first-field/td-p/9175658?page=1)
But I guess the solution with a script changing focus will only work if you are adding text at the end of a field.
If you are inserting text in the middle of the field, changing the focus when the field overflows will not give the desired result.
Yes, this turned out to sort-of work, but it defeinitely has flaws. I realize now that what I really want is a simple multi-line field with a set line spacing and first line indent. However, when using PDF Text Fields, none of the settings or paragraph styles stay in effect when I export. It looks fine in Scribus, but it's a mess in Reader (see images).
In Scribus:
(https://i.ibb.co/wcYXHnZ/issueA.png) (https://ibb.co/BnwxDhH)
In Reader:
(https://i.ibb.co/2czDBS0/issueB.png) (https://ibb.co/JrYfPqW)
I have attached another document which I'm trying to mimic, where it works like I want it to. The field in question is the first on page 2.
Yet again thankful for any help :-*
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