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 <tomd...@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 <tomd...@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 >> >> -- >> /When we dance, you have a way with me, >> Stay with me... Sway with me.../ >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> >> > > > -- > > *When we dance, you have a way with me, Stay with me... Sway with me...* > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
