Copy a form field, Create a copy of a form field – Adobe Acrobat 9 PRO Extended User Manual
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Forms
Last updated 9/30/2011
Copy a form field
You can create copies of a form field on a single page of a PDF form. You can also copy a form field and paste it onto
other pages. When you create duplicate form fields, replicas of the original field are added to one or more other pages.
They are always in the same position on each page as the original. Both copies and duplicates can be dragged to
different locations on a page, but not from one page to another.
Both copies and duplicates are created with the same name as the original form field. Copies and duplicates pasted
using the Place Multiple Fields command also have a number appended. All form fields with the same basic name share
the same user data and action properties. Consequently, when a user adds or edits a response to a copy or duplicate
field, the response appears in all fields with the same basic name.
If you change the properties of any one of multiple versions of a form field with the same basic name, those changes
affect only that copy of the form field. The exception is when you change an Actions listing if the trigger isn’t a mouse
action.
If you want to prevent a duplicate or copied form field from reacting in unison with the original field to user-entered
responses, change the name of the new form field.
Create a copy of a form field
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Select the form field, and do one of the following:
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To copy the form field to the center of the current view, choose Edit > Copy, and then choose Edit > Paste.
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To copy the form field and move it to another location on the page, Ctrl-drag it.
To constrain the vertical or horizontal movement as you drag, press and hold Shift.
Create multiple copies of a form field on a page
1 Do one of the following:
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Right-click the form field and choose Place Multiple Fields.
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Select the form field and choose Forms > Edit Fields > Place Multiple Fields.
2 In the Create Multiple Copies Of Fields dialog box, select Preview, and move the dialog box as needed so that you
can see the original field and the copies on the form page.
3 Make the selections you want to apply:
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To change the number of copies being created, enter different values in the Copy Selected Fields Down and Copy
Selected Fields Across options.
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To change the dimensions of the original field and all the copies, enter different values in the Change Width and
Change Height options.
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To move the original field and all the copies, click the Up, Down, Left, and Right buttons.
Duplicate a form field across multiple pages
1 Select the form field that you want to duplicate.
2 Choose Forms > Edit Fields > Duplicate.
Note: The Duplicate command isn’t available for forms with only one page.
3 Do one of the following:
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To duplicate the form field on every page in the form, select All, and click OK.