Formatting in an interactive PDF

Hi,
I have a form that has a section that needs to be able to go into auto numbering/sub bullets,etc as needed (like an outline format). Is this possible?
Also, within that same section, there are cases where the user wants to copy from a Word document, keeping the same outline type format, into the form. I've tried but it gets distorted. Is there a way?

Hi,
The current version of LC Designer doesn't do bullet points or numbered lists very well.
Radzmar has a solution here: Automatic Bullets?
By default when you drag a textfield onto the form it has a plain text format. If you select the textfield and go to the Object > Field palette you can change the format to Rich Text. This allows shortcuts for bold (Control+B), etc at run time. Also when the form is opened in Reader/Acrobat if the user presses Control+E (edit) then they can set the formatting. While this will improve the experience of pasting from Word, you will still have problems with numbered lists and bullet points.
Good luck,
Niall
Assure Dynamics

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