Adobe X Pro Form Fields

In Acrobat 8, I was able to justify a form field to left, center, or right and also vertically justify the field box to either top, center, or bottom. Right now, all my form fields are vertically centered. I want teh form field when filled to be bottom aligned to it prints on the lines of my form.
I can't figure out the new Adobe X...the old way was much easier. Any help?

Text fields created in LiveCycle Designer allow that. Text fields created in Acrobat can be vertically centered or bottom aligned, but only if it's set up for rich text formatting and the user selects it. The point is you as the form creator cannot set the vertical justification for a field created in Acrobat.

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You can have then submit the .xml (information from the form fields only) then import it into the original form on your end but, it will still be an attachment.
Have you considered creating a web form that will generate an email to you that contains all the information from the form fields and nothing else?
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Hi;
I wanted to double check if you are using Acrobat Pro X or Acrobat Pro XI.
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I have already posted this in Adobe Reader forum and had no replies... probably the wrong area...
We are a software company and we are developing a simple application, as follows:
Any number of pdf documents are provided by a third party (our customer / customers). Each form contains any number of fields and a digital signature field.
Our application must fill the fields with values obtained by a back-end database
Using Adobe Reader 9, our application must display each pdf document filled in step 2, for users to sign using a Topaz tablet.
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As soon as the "filled" document is displayed in Adobe Reader, the message "This document enables Reader capabilities that are no longer enabled in this Reader version." is displayed. And the signature field is disabled and the Topaz plug-in is never invoked.
It seems that the simple task of programmatically filling the form with data.... disable the most important feature of the form (the signature line).
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After hours of research I think I understand why (even though I find the behavior incredibly strange and restrictive). I still would like, if possible, summary and clear information on what we (and/or the provider of the pdf forms) need to do to accomplish the goal of our application.
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jmo here
In context of your description, use of Acrobat Pro to "enable" PDFs for use by Adobe Reader appears to be contrary to the Acrobat EULA (if nothing else, the "500" limit for forms).
If that's the case then I suspect your only option would be LiveCycle ES.
Back down the Forum's timeline, someone mention $50K for a seat.
But LC ES has many variations (modules if you will) so the price point may be higher.
Basically, it is expensive (although worth the $$ to the IRS and other large entities).
Worth noting are the posts in this forum that allude to Adobe's legal actions taken against those who have, it seems, violated the Acrobat EULA.
If your client(s) are associated with a corporate entity they may be exposed to legal "road hazards"; but, that's speculative, eh?
Regardless, it does sort of appear that you may be on thin ice vis-a-vis "enable" of PDFs for use by Adobe Reader.
Be well...

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Pre-Populate Text Filed Adobe X Pro Form

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Hi there,
I've been scouring various forums, blogs, etc. to find an answer to my problem, and have yet to be successful. Here it is:
I've created a form in Illustrator CS5 using the rectangle shape tool to indicate form fields. I need users to be able to enter information in each of the specified fields. I've saved the file as a .PDF and have opened it into Adobe Acrobat Pro 9. I then select "Start Form Wizard" from the Forms menu, and after making the appropriate selections it tells me: "No new form field annotations were detected." and then prompts me to the form editing page. I've also tried simply selecting "Add or Edit Fields" from the Forms menu and the same thing happens - it isn't detecting any form fields.
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Hi Beth
How big are these fields? Are they for entering text or just check boxes?
I have found that sometimes FormWizard is not compatible with some Quark files.
Sounds like it might be easier for you to do the fields manually.
First draw the field like you want it and set that as the default then you can choose to paste multiple fields.
Also if you want to use a line for FormWizard you can make the background of the field white and cover the line with it.
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I have developed a fillable form using Adobe Acrobat Pro. The form has several fields and some of the information is captured in a bar code. What programs must be used to open the form to properly fill the form out? Adobe Reader, Adobe Xi, Ibook, etc.. I

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No Form Fields Detected - Adobe Pro X

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Having a very frustrating time today and probably missing something simple. I have created a new PDF Form and also edited a previous Form that I have used. However, when uploading them into our software (proprietary), we get the error "No Form Fields Detected". However, the previously edited document (the same but from previous installation of the same software - Adobe X Pro) works fine. They are the same!
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OK, so the custom calculate script for field B could be something like:
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Thank you so much. I feel like such a dunce... it was staring me in the face for the last 3 hours.
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There is an issue we are currently experienceing with Adobe Acrobat 9 (updated to the latest version) where ALL BROWSERS (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari) on each of two different systems (a MacBook Pro with Mac OSX Leopard and a Sony Vaio Laptop with Windows Vista) where the application will freeze up and crash the browser when we view a .pdf file from a url if the .pdf file iteself contains form fields.
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Hello all. I am trying to create a field in one of my forms using Adobe Acrobat Pro XI. I have a dropdown list of "main" items, and based on what is selected in that list, I want a second dropdown list to give different choices. I have searched and searched and have javascript that I thought might work, but maybe I am have a mistake or I am placing the javascript in the wrong place, becasue it is not working. I know very, very little about javascript, so any help would be so much appreciated.
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I must be missing something, but I have no idea where to start. Thank you in advance for any help anyone can provide.

dbettis2.... Please understand that everything I am about to tell you is ONLY thanks to the help I received from Gilad D. I don't know if this will help you or not, but I want to try and pass it forward.
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In this case, I believe you want the initial list to be:
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BA - History (BAHIST)
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I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.0 to fill out financial forms for my budget and finance department. The thing is, I can only print the form out when completed, but can't save it (I use "Save As" and rename the file).
When I do "Save As," the next time I pull up the form I see the data I inputted for a split second and then it is all erased automatically.
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