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Repeating fields

danlabranche
Registered: Jan 17 2009
Posts: 19

I have created a three page form and am trying to ease filling the form by having the pdf repeat items like "name". This may sound silly but in this one form the "name" field is repeated seven times, is there a way to enter it once and have acrobat fill in the other six times automatically?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 9.0, Windows
gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
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Yoou can just copy the field to the multiple pages and any change to one of the copies will change all the others.

George Kaiser

danlabranche
Registered: Jan 17 2009
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Hi GK, I am using Acrobat 9 and when I try the preview i fill in the one name and the next page does not show it. Do I need to save the file or make it global?
danlabranche
Registered: Jan 17 2009
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Also it names the first page field " Name1[0] " and the second page field as " Name1[1] " I have been looking at "how to" videos and its probably really simple, I just can't figure it out.
gkaiseril
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If you are using LiveCycle Designer, you need to set the binging to "Global".

Acrobat Standard does not have LiveCycle Designer and has no "Preview" tab.

George Kaiser

danlabranche
Registered: Jan 17 2009
Posts: 19
I am using Acrobat Pro 9, for some reason this forum says I am using standard and that I registered into the forum in the year 1969?
lkassuba
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danlabranche wrote:
I am using Acrobat Pro 9, for some reason this forum says I am using standard and that I registered into the forum in the year 1969?
Can you tell me when you registered as a new member?

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

danlabranche
Registered: Jan 17 2009
Posts: 19
I believe it was this past Sunday or Monday 01-18-2009 or 01-19-2009. I still have not gotten a usable response to my initial post, can you help? I am a new user and am creating a new document, 7 pages with the same info in repeated fields on repeated pages, is there a naming convention that will allow for one input and multiple outputs?
gkaiseril
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Go to any of the text files named "Name1" and select the field. On the "Oject" tab you select the "Binding" tab, and change the "Defualt binding" to "Global".

More inforamtion is available in LiveCycle Designer's "Scripting" refrence under the "Help" menu bar otpion. Just search for "global".

George Kaiser

danlabranche
Registered: Jan 17 2009
Posts: 19
Amen Mr. K !!! Thank you So very much, I was forgetting to select the field. New user here.... Thanks again!