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Forms and Sub Menus

AlScott
Registered: Nov 2 2007
Posts: 123

Now I'm not sure if LiveCycle or Acrobat 8.x (I've posted this question in both - so forgive me for that), is the best way of going about this - but I'd welcome any ideas:

I've got a pile of forms here many of which have common sections. So in order to cut-down the number of forms here's the plan.
Create a MASTER - a section that's common to ALL forms.
Create each section that's unique to each form.

1) Now when a User opens the MASTER section, completes that.
2) From a drop-down menu selects the typer of form they want.
3) Then that section appears - User completes that.
4) You might have another section from that.............etc etc. If this makes sense.

So, you might have in one situation:
Office - PC - Hardware - Fail
or if it's a Software prob:
Office, Software, Windows, Reinstall

So when that form's complete it'll print out as ONE form containing the appropriate sections.
Any ideas??? Thanks, Al

stephen.mcc
Registered: Nov 30 2005
Posts: 5
Al, I think that you could definately create what you need in Adobe Designer using sub forms. Read up a little and check the tutorial/samples regarding sub-forms. The basic idea would be to create each "form" as a sub form then control its visibility using the presence property.

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AlScott
Registered: Nov 2 2007
Posts: 123
> Hi Stephen,
I think we're on the same wavelength here - this occured to me last night. Now the only thing I've got to think about is grouping the appropriate fields together.
thanks
Al