Bullets in a text field box

Every time I paste bullets into a text field, they revert to a strange character like a "Y", although they look fine in the edit field. Ideas?

This method works for a Text Field but can you text wrap and expand to fit the height of a cell that is a Drop-down List. The Expand to fit check box on the Layout palette is greyed out for all my Drop-down boxes. I have also tried using the following JavaScript:
var newHeight = xfa.layout.h(DropDownList, "in");
Textbox.h = newHeight + "in";
but it doesn't work. Any suggestions?

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How do you change the justification of text in a text field box created in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
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http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6047/picture10u.png

st333vo wrote:
How do you change the justification of text in a text field box created in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
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appreciate Ricks tip on fixing the font blur issue. However, I have
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1:Console:Exec
undefined
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"Creighton University Medical Center":{ line1: "601 N. 30th Street", line2: "Omaha, NE 68131" },
"Nebraska Medical Center":{ line1: "4400 Emile Drive", line2: "Omaha, NE 68105" }
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