<div dir="ltr">I think the answer to all the drama is...<div>(wait for it)</div><div>PDFs still suck.</div><div>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.</div><div>And whatever anyone else can do to encourage HTML as an alternative to the hated PDF format, please keep at it!</div><div><br></div><div>-*- Dan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 11:23 AM Karlen Communications <<a href="mailto:info@karlencommunications.com">info@karlencommunications.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Yes, I found obscure references to using the Appearance tab and selecting a<br>
border colour, but trial and error in unchecking everything...and 3 hours of<br>
online searching and troubleshooting!<br>
<br>
While I'm talking PDF, I got an e-mail from Foxit today and they want to<br>
talk to me about how they can improve their product! Am going to set up a<br>
time. I did get my money back and will try the software next year to give<br>
them time to work out the control issues.<br>
<br>
Cheers, Karen<br>
<br>
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Wow.<br>
That's so obscure and unintuitive.<br>
Better user interface is needed in our Acrobat programs.<br>
Thanks Karen!<br>
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Subject: Re: [Athen] [WebAIM] PDF Forms - Can't get the Comb setting to work<br>
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Found "the trick."<br>
<br>
You have to not only identify the border as a solid line in the Appearance<br>
tab but deselect all of the default options in the Options tab. Then the<br>
check box and character limit for a Comb will be available and you can<br>
create it.<br>
<br>
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] PDF Forms - Can't get the Comb setting to work<br>
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Nope, PowerPDF has the Comb settings unavailable too.<br>
<br>
There must be a "trick" to setting this? I've never had to do this before so<br>
am baffled as to why this setting is not available.<br>
<br>
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Subject: [WebAIM] PDF Forms - Can't get the Comb setting to work<br>
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Hi Everyone:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
I've looked online and can't find any useful information on why the ability<br>
to create a text form control as a comb with a character limit is not<br>
available in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. The one offering was to put a border<br>
around the text form control and then identify the form control as a comb in<br>
the Options tab.but even doing that, the comb settings in the Options tab<br>
for a text form control is not available.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
I've tried checking and unchecking things but I just can't identify the text<br>
form control as a Comb with a limit of characters.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Am using the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC with all updates<br>
installed.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Am now going to check PowerPDF in case I can set this there, but it is<br>
strange that I can't do this in Acrobat.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Any ideas? Help?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Cheers, Karen<br>
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