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The promo company wanted me to use Word for the layout so they would have a template for future use. Their client provided an Excel spreadsheet with employee names, addresses (apparently satellite offices), phone numbers and email addresses. I feel compelled to weigh in because I finished a slightly similar client project 2 weeks ago - a local promotional vendor, who has no experience with data-merge, needed 300 unique ID cards designed. I just want to configure things so he can do it without Indesign. I do not want to be responsible for his data-merge though. I have a suspicion that I am not going to be able to get the dynamic text flow from PDFs which he's getting from Word, or which I could achieve via data merge within Indesign.
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I can manually place fields in Acrobat, but this requires me to leave a big open space in the Indesign layout.Īre there any tips, links, or other information you can provide which can explain how to use dynamic form fields in Acrobat (if that is possible), and how to best configure an Indesign file for PDF Form output? Without underscores Acrobat doesn't see form fields. I want a form field to adjust to fit it's contained text and eliminate any underscores.
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The problem occurs when I want the layout to be a bit dynamic. Acrobat then will automatically read the underscores as a form field. I can easily designate form fields in Indesign by using underscores. But I'm having some difficulty configuring things in Indesign (using CS5.5 but can use CS6 or CC if needed). So a bit of research tells me I can use Acrobat forms to data merge with an Excel file.
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I've already tried to dissuade him a bit explaining that if what he's doing is working, why complicate and change things.However, he's persistent. And I refuse to use Microsoft Word for layout. The trick is he doesn't have Indesign (not a surprise) and I don't expect him to get Indesign. His current workflow is to use Word to data merge with Outlook then self-print the package pieces. I have a client requesting layouts of essentially sales package components. I've been doing some preliminary research regarding data merging.