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Kirkpatrick1959 Kirkpatrick1959 is offline
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Default Form fields created in Word will not convert to a PDF; why?

Once I have created a Word document and chosen text for the form fields, I
can't underline the form field without the lines moving...also, if I just
forget about lines and try to convert the document to a PDF, once I go into
the form the handtool will not point & allow the user to complete the form;
it is as if the fields have disappeared. What am I doing wrong?
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Default Form fields created in Word will not convert to a PDF; why?

There are a couple of issues here
1. If a form is intended to be filled in on a PC it doesn't need lines,
however you could insert the form fields in a table and put bottom borders
on the relevant cells.
2. Word has no ability to create fillable forms in PDF format. For that you
need Acrobat (and I believe the function was introduced with Acrobat v8) Ask
in an Acrobat forum.

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Kirkpatrick1959 wrote:
Once I have created a Word document and chosen text for the form
fields, I can't underline the form field without the lines
moving...also, if I just forget about lines and try to convert the
document to a PDF, once I go into the form the handtool will not
point & allow the user to complete the form; it is as if the fields
have disappeared. What am I doing wrong?



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