I'm trying to create fields in a pdf created on Mac OSX via Word --> Print --> Print (not Save As PDF). with customized property defaults. (I'm using Adobe 8.2.2 Pro - I selected 8 in the dropdown box on the submit page, because 8.2.2 wasn't offered as an option)
I have set the default properties for text boxes that I want several times, and clicked the option to save these properties as defaults. But no matter how many times I've done this, when I print a new document and create form (using autodetect), the properties are back to the normal defaults (none of my property changes that I set as default are saved or used). If I reset the property defaults in a document and then go and manually create a new text box in that same document, it works. But when I create a new one, the defaults don't stick. So the defaults are being saved within a document, but not for any new documents.
I have been able to make this work on Windows using Adobe 9, no problem. Is there something I'm missing about the Mac or 8 version?
UPDATE: Tried another test and found that if I create a text box manually in a new document, the properties are included. It's just an issue with the autodetect creation of text fields. Any idea how to fix this glitch? I have to create several forms a month using an unholy number of identical text boxes each, so doing them all manually is really only a last ditch option.
George Kaiser