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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