Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about fonts and forms in Writer

On 05/11/2014 11:40 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Can you right-click on the boxes or select them all and set their
> properties? 

Yes, I can and that's how I set two of the text boxes to align the
entered text at the top, instead of the middle.  I'll try my PDF form in
Adobe Reader now and will see how it behaves.


> Err, when you say converting a Word document into a form - for most
> things it is often better to start off with a fresh document in ODF
> format when you find yourself struggling with odd weirdnesses.  
> Documents that were previously in some other format, particularly MS
> formats (especially the various versions of DocX or Rtf), often have
> tons of hidden coding stuffing things up.  A fresh start often helps.
>  ODF is the better format for stability between different versions of
> software. 

Thanks for mentioning this.  I'll keep this in mind.  :)

> How about Chapter 15 in this guide?
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Writer_Guide
> I haven't read it so i don't know if it covers setting properties for
> the boxes

Great! Thanks!  I'll check it out!

Peace...

"The other" Tom :)

> Regards from 
> Tom :)  
>
>
>
>
>
> On 11 May 2014 17:59, Tom Williams <tomdkat@comcast.net
> <mailto:tomdkat@comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi!  I'm converting a Word document into a form that will
>     eventually be
>     a PDF form that can be filled in using Adobe Reader.   I'm doing
>     this in
>     LibreOffice Writer 4.2.3.3 on Ubuntu Linux 14.04.
>
>     My first pass worked splendidly well and everything worked fine except
>     for two issues:
>
>      1. I can't seem to control the font used in the form controls, namely
>         the text boxes
>      2. I can't get the text boxes to align text at the top (despite my
>         setting the form control to align text at the top)
>
>     Does anyone reading this list have much experience with creating forms
>     in Writer?   With regard to issue #2, when I enter text into a
>     text box,
>     it's vertically centered vs being aligned along the top of the text
>     box.  This is when I view the generated PDF file in Ubuntu's PDF
>     document viewer, the text I typed wasn't aligned at the top of the
>     text
>     box.  I'm not sure if this is an Ubuntu document view issue or an
>     issue
>     with the generated PDF file.  I'll test in Adobe Reader later.
>
>     With regard to issue #1, is there any way to control the font used for
>     the text boxes in a form?
>
>     Thanks in advance for your time and assistance!
>
>     Peace...
>
>     Tom
>
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