OK, so if this is my goal, what is my best FM setup: 1) 7.5 x 5.5, with 7.5 the width of the page, to view on a landscape-oriented tablet. 2) Either FM or Acro (or both?) acknowledge that the source FM orientation is "correct" and it does not require an "Auto-Rotate Pages" setting in the PDF Settings. 3) Acrobat Form Wizard scans the resulting PDF left-to-right, then top-down.
[ As a reminder--or perhaps my third post hadn't gone through yet--even if I set the page to 8.5 x 11, regenerate, and auto-form, Acrobat scans top-to-bottom then left-to-right anyway. I can verify the behavior by making one of the boxes a check (not square): A) In 7.5 x 5.5 "pseudo-rotated": the check is rotated 90? CW (i.e., it would be upright, if I was, in fact, making a portrait document and rotating it to landscape). B) In 8.5 x 11, "portrait": the check is upright (i.e., Acrobat acknowledges the 8.5 wide page top) but it doesn't seem to matter--Form Wizard still mis-pairs Y/Y and N/N on pages with two pairs). Which is my my last post asked if I've found some kind of terminal bug and have to take a different (or manual) route. Or maybe there's something I can do to the PDF (or PS?) to fix (hack?) the assumed orientation prior to running the Form Wizard? Like I said: I'm totally stumped. This would be the first time for me that a fundamental property of a document is assumed (page orientation is rotated landscape with counter-rotated text) and completely inaccessible. ] Thanks in advance for any further advice anyone can offer; David -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Checklists with AutoForm Radio Buttons From: "Combs, Richard" <[email protected]> David Artman wrote: > OK, so this checklist is intended to be viewed on a tablet, so the page > layout is 7.5 x 5.5 (i.e., "Custom"). > Apparently, "Custom" leads FM to decide that I'm in landscape > orientation. No, specifying the size as 7.5 x 5.5 does. If you want a portrait orientation, specify the size as 5.5 x 7.5. Richard G. Combs
