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Printing a form that has too much text to display in a field

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2008-04-22 13:29:21
rgiamatteo
Registered: Apr 18 2008
Posts: 8

I have created a form that has a few text fields that often contain more text then the size of the text field. As a result a + sign is on the bottom corner of the text box so that you can have a scroll bar appear to view all the text while reading the document. My question is... Is there a way to have all the text appear by increasing the size of the text field when PRINTING the document? Obviously when viewing a printed form the plus signs don't help you. You just see a printed plus sign with no way to see the additional text.

Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

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2008-04-22 19:54:29
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pddesigner
Registered: Jul 9 2006
Posts: 858
The fact that a plus sign appears on the text field indicates that it is not set for multi-line. Solution: In the Text field properties, click Options, and click the multi-line check box. This should fix the problem. Make sure the submit button will export the completed form data as FDF or HTML so it will print all of it's contents.

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2008-04-22 20:45:47
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rgiamatteo
Registered: Apr 18 2008
Posts: 8
I checked the text field and it is set up for multiline. I can enter a ton of text in the field on the form. I actually get a scroll bar I have so much text in the field. However, when I go to a different field or save the document the scroll bar turns into a + sign. If I click on the + sign it turns back to a scroll bar and I can scroll up and down to read all of the text in the field. The problem comes in when I try to print the form. It shows on paper whatever text fits into the size of the field and the + sign in the bottom right corner.
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