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How to flow text across multiple pages in 9

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My form is lengthy, and one Master Page section will be text with no form fields, but the text is 10+ pages, depending on the version of terms and conditions provided.  In this link, http://forums.adobe.com/message/5112687, there is much discussion on how to accomplish in 8.2, but how would I accomplish in 9?  I would like to be able to paste the 10+ pages and have it automatically flow for that Master Page section. Have tried placing a text field and also tried a text into a flowable subform, setting it to multiple lines, keep with next, but just not sure how to set it up properly.  I can see the plus sign at the bottom of the text box, but when I preview, it does not flow to the other pages.  Was hoping to avoid setting up 10+ pages in the form, as from time to time these terms/conditions are updated, and it would be much faster to just be able to copy/paste from Word into a properly set up text field or subform.  Hope this makes sense, and appreciate any advice, thank you.

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  1. Get your text from Word (or wherever you'd like to edit the text so that it looks right).
  2. Open a LiveCycle document (a new one if you're starting from scratch, anyway)
  3. Select your page1 subform, set content to Flowed (Allow page breaks should set automatically).
  4. Add a text field (make sure it's listed as a part of that page1 subform).
  5. Change the text field's caption position to none and make sure Allow multiple lines is checked (as well as allow page breaks). Set height to auto expand
  6. click on the default value for the text field. Paste that 9-page document inside.
  7. Wait a few seconds (or minutes) for LiveCycle to catch up.
  8. Preview and enjoy your new document with several pages automatically paginated for you.

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The flowing aspect is for people filling out the form, not for designing the form unfortunately.

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Former Community Member

Thank you!  I will just do the pages manually and appreciate the info so I do not waste any more time on this one.

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Level 7
  1. Get your text from Word (or wherever you'd like to edit the text so that it looks right).
  2. Open a LiveCycle document (a new one if you're starting from scratch, anyway)
  3. Select your page1 subform, set content to Flowed (Allow page breaks should set automatically).
  4. Add a text field (make sure it's listed as a part of that page1 subform).
  5. Change the text field's caption position to none and make sure Allow multiple lines is checked (as well as allow page breaks). Set height to auto expand
  6. click on the default value for the text field. Paste that 9-page document inside.
  7. Wait a few seconds (or minutes) for LiveCycle to catch up.
  8. Preview and enjoy your new document with several pages automatically paginated for you.

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Former Community Member

Thank you, wow, that is exactly what I'm looking for.  Tested it and the default value only held about 6 of my 10 pages.  Except for this restriction, that's what I was trying to do.  Any way to expand the default to hold all the pages?  If not, I can split out the document, it will still be easier to maintain in the future when this section is revised.  Thanks.