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? > > 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.
Ok, I FINALLY had some time to look into this. I created a form from scratch and it behaved much better than the Word document I converted into a form. I'm not sure why, since the Word document didn't have any form fields so the form fields I added were in LibreOffice Writer but starting with a fresh document resulted in a much better behaving PDF form. :) Thanks again! Peace... "The other" Tom :) > > 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 > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > > On 11 May 2014 17:59, Tom Williams <tomd...@comcast.net > <mailto: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 > <mailto:users%2bunsubscr...@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
