Little Black Box with White Cross

This sounds like you're referring to the text field overflow indicator. This is displayed when the text exceeds the bounds specified when the fields were created. If this is the case, you can turn off the indicator under the Preferences menu in the Forms category or increase the overall size of the text field.

Thanks so-o-o-o-o much. I knew it would be simple if I had only known what I was doing. Your suggestion worked like a charm, and now I look like a hero to my boss (I did give you the credit though.)

This experience lets me know that while I did OK winging it from scratch, I need to do some reading or take a class.

Thanks again! You're the BEST!

PS: I saw this same question on the web at a different site where they charged the guy $60 to answer it, and wanted to charge me $33 to see what they told him. See how valuable you are?

I'm not quite as "green" with Acrobat and it's text field overflow indicator as the original poster, but I've created some forms for a client which use a preset font at a specific size and have a question about the related preference setting.

[b]Is there a way to enforce preference settings at the file level rather than the application level for the text flow indicator?[/b]

The fields in question do not have a character limit, and have scrolling turned off in order to allow end user to type up to the width of the text field. Font-size is set to force required proportions of text fields on page and char limit can not be enforced since it can result in a value shorter or longer than the field based on individual character widths.

Obviously, by default, the overflow indicator appears if more characters than the field can contain are entered, and this indicator (plus sign) appears on the sheet when printed. I know that the preference can be turned off in my preferences to not display/print this icon, but I need a way to override the default setting on other user's computers to yield the same result. Providing instructions on how to manually change this preference by the end user is not an option for this project. Any ideas?

There are two options to not show the overflow indicator. The first is to limit the number of characters so the user can't input more than space allows, which you indicate is not an option. The second is to create your form in LiveCycle Designer and make sure the field you create allows multiple lines in the Object palette and is in a flowable subform. This way the field will expand as necessary and you won't see the overflow indicator or the scroll bar.

I am NOT a frequent user of Adobe but I am filling out an interactive form and get the "Little Black Box with White Cross" which I gather means text overflow. Can the font size be changed so that all of the necessary information can be included in field? I can type in all the info but it doesn't show or print.