-
How can I make it to where when the customer submits it, the form is saved in the print view? or how do I switch the view when I open the form?
-
Under your form options (File > Advanced Form Options) there are settings to show the view menu. Or just stick a button on there that switches to the print view.
-
ma'am,
you are a rock-star!
I know I said one last question, but now I have some more questions,
How can I test this? I go into preview, but there is no option to switch views in preview.
-
In your current view, select everything (CTRL a to select all) then copy it (CTRL c). Click in your new view and paste (CTRL v). You can then right click the text boxes and use the change control option from the context menu.
-
Ms. Stoupa,
I think this will work. Thank you very much for the help on this.
one last question, do you know of a way for me to quickly recreate my form from default into my new print view? Then I can go through and just change all of the control types from "text boxes" to "calculated ...
-
Sure. Users can't type in a calculated value control, so you'd have to leave the text box too.
-
could I just set the "calculated value" that expands the field as it is filled on my already established view?
-
When you add a calculated value control you can pick the field (or formula) to display. The calculated value control will show all the text, I believe - you should be able to just leave the height at auto.
-
I know how to do another view, but how would I set "a calculated value to show the entered text - that will expand to show all"?
-
So - here are the complications I can see. Even if we could validate on a line break character (which may be possible) - we won't have one where the line has merely wrapped. In Filler, we can set text boxes to expand to show all content - that doesn't work in the browser. I'd suggest adding a print view, where you use a calculated ...