[Athen] [WebAIM] PDF Forms - Can't get the Comb setting to work
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Wed Apr 17 11:54:17 PDT 2019
Great!
You’re the best person to present on that topic.
Yay Karen!
—Bevi
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From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Karlen Communications
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 2:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [Athen] [WebAIM] PDF Forms - Can't get the Comb setting to work
Will be submitting something later today or first thing in the morning.
Cheers, Karen
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Subject: Re: [Athen] [WebAIM] PDF Forms - Can't get the Comb setting to work
I would attend that as well. Please consider it.
Leyna Bencomo
Assistive Technology Specialist
Office of Information Technology
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
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Subject: Re: [Athen] [WebAIM] PDF Forms - Can't get the Comb setting to work
I second what Dan said. Karen, you should submit a proposal for Accessing Higher Ground.
Susan Kelmer
Alternate Format Production Program Manager
Disability Services
University of Colorado Boulder
303-735-4836
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Subject: Re: [Athen] [WebAIM] PDF Forms - Can't get the Comb setting to work
I think the answer to all the drama is...
(wait for it)
PDFs still suck.
Karen, I hope you will consider submitting a session for Accessing Higher Ground where you can detail some of the alternatives to Adobe for PDF remediation. Even if the report is something like "wait a bit and it might get better" would be well received.
And whatever anyone else can do to encourage HTML as an alternative to the hated PDF format, please keep at it!
-*- Dan
On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 11:23 AM Karlen Communications <info at karlencommunications.com <mailto:info at karlencommunications.com> > wrote:
Yes, I found obscure references to using the Appearance tab and selecting a
border colour, but trial and error in unchecking everything...and 3 hours of
online searching and troubleshooting!
While I'm talking PDF, I got an e-mail from Foxit today and they want to
talk to me about how they can improve their product! Am going to set up a
time. I did get my money back and will try the software next year to give
them time to work out the control issues.
Cheers, Karen
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Subject: Re: [Athen] [WebAIM] PDF Forms - Can't get the Comb setting to work
Wow.
That's so obscure and unintuitive.
Better user interface is needed in our Acrobat programs.
Thanks Karen!
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Subject: Re: [Athen] [WebAIM] PDF Forms - Can't get the Comb setting to work
Found "the trick."
You have to not only identify the border as a solid line in the Appearance
tab but deselect all of the default options in the Options tab. Then the
check box and character limit for a Comb will be available and you can
create it.
Cheers, Karen
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] PDF Forms - Can't get the Comb setting to work
Nope, PowerPDF has the Comb settings unavailable too.
There must be a "trick" to setting this? I've never had to do this before so
am baffled as to why this setting is not available.
Cheers, Karen
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Subject: [WebAIM] PDF Forms - Can't get the Comb setting to work
Hi Everyone:
I've looked online and can't find any useful information on why the ability
to create a text form control as a comb with a character limit is not
available in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. The one offering was to put a border
around the text form control and then identify the form control as a comb in
the Options tab.but even doing that, the comb settings in the Options tab
for a text form control is not available.
I've tried checking and unchecking things but I just can't identify the text
form control as a Comb with a limit of characters.
Am using the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC with all updates
installed.
Am now going to check PowerPDF in case I can set this there, but it is
strange that I can't do this in Acrobat.
Any ideas? Help?
Cheers, Karen
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