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

Hi :)
Has this issue been solved?  Sorry i didn't know enough to help with this!
Was the documentation useful?
Regards from
Tom :)





On 12 May 2014 01:53, Tom Williams <tomdkat@comcast.net> wrote:

>  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> 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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