Ok, this would allow me to choose the font for my users. What I wanted to do is to let thme choose the font while filling the PDF form...
But I think this is a functionality beyond the one you mentioned. Thanks ! Regards, Yann Barraud On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:36 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnjas...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 13:26:12 +0100 > Yann Barraud <yann.barr...@gmail.com> dijo: > > >I just want to make the font size modifiable in my OOo generated PDF > >forms, but just don't know how to do this (when being filled with > >Acrobat Reader for example). > > You should be able to do this, but it doesn't work due to a bug that > has been in OOo for years and remains unfixed. > > Open a new, blank Writer document. From View > Toolbars select Form > Design and Form Controls. Using the Controls toolbar place some > controls on the document that would contain text, e.g., a list box, a > text box, etc. Right click on the control and select Control. This will > bring up a dialog box where you can specify the properties for the > control, including the font. > > When finished, export your form to a PDF, making sure that you check > the box "create PDF form." (The box is unchecked by default.) > > Now open your form in Adobe Reader. You will discover that your > controls work, but the font will be Helvetica or some sans-serif face, > rather than the font you specified in the control properties. > > This bug was reported and confirmed years ago, but no one has > ever done anything about it. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org > >
