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Continuing text in multiple text fields

2009-07-18 10:45:47

billh098

Registered: Jun 6 2009

Posts: 47

I have a form with multiple text fields and I want to be able to type in one field and then when the end is reached it continues on to the next line or field. Not sure how to do this.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.1.1, Windows

2009-07-20 04:21:20

tedpadova

Registered: Dec 31 2005

Posts: 848

Presume you have two fields "Text1" and "Text2"

In Text1 you want the overflow to go to Text2.

Open the Text1 Text Field Properties and click the Format Tab.

Click Edit adjacent to Custom Keystroke Script and type the following in the JavaScript Editor:

if ( event.fieldFull || event.willCommit )
this.getField("Text3").setFocus();

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.

2009-07-20 13:05:43

tedpadova

Registered: Dec 31 2005

Posts: 848

Ooops. In line 2 the code should be:

this.getField("Text2").setFocus();

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.