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<DIV>Would it work to make the checkbox from an autonumbered paragraph in a sidebar? You could use the Next Paragraph setting in the Para Designer to automatically insert them next to the paragraphs that need them.</DIV>
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<DIV>Rebecca</DIV>
<DIV><BR>>>> "David Artman" <david@davidartman.com> 14/09/12 06:23 >>><BR>Goal: Upon generating a PDF, checkboxes appear next to each paragraph of<BR>a particular type, aligned right against the page margin. Can not use<BR>autonumbering, because the paragraph tag already has numbers. Can not<BR>manually create them in the PDF post-distillation, because we're talking<BR>about hundred of steps needing checkboxes--WAY too time-consuming.<BR><BR>I am currently considering this method, using only FM 8 and Acrobat 9<BR>Pro:<BR><BR> 1) Manually place a checkbox glyph into a text frame within an anchor<BR>frame that is set to "Run Into Paragraph" and aligned right.<BR> 2) Add some kind of label within the text frame (e.g., "Y", "OK" or<BR>"Done").<BR> 3) Copy-and-paste the anchor for that frame at then end of every a new<BR>para of that type.<BR> 4) Distill to PDF.<BR> 5) Open PDF in AcroPro.<BR> 6) Let the Form Wizard detect the labelled checkboxes and auto-create<BR>them.<BR><BR>Works, but error-prone in many ways:<BR><BR> a) Writers forget to add the manually-placed frame.<BR> b) TONS of other stuff can be detected as "form fields"; and their<BR>auto-created fields have to be deleted (could be more work than adding<BR>fields manually post-PDFing!).<BR><BR>Ideas? I suspect there's a plug-in that will automatically do this, if<BR>setup right initially (or will do it wherever a special type of marker<BR>is placed--"half automatic" so to speak).<BR><BR>Thanks in advance;<BR>David Artman<BR>david artman designs<BR>_______________________________________________<BR><BR><BR>You are currently subscribed to framers as rebecca.officer@alliedtelesis.co.nz.<BR><BR>Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com.<BR><BR>To unsubscribe send a blank email to<BR>framers-unsubscribe@lists.frameusers.com<BR>or visit <A href="http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rebecca.officer%40alliedtelesis.co.nz">http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rebecca.officer%40alliedtelesis.co.nz</A><BR><BR>Send administrative questions to listadmin@frameusers.com. Visit<BR><A href="http://www.frameusers.com/">http://www.frameusers.com/</A> for more resources and info.<BR></DIV>
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