Dynamic addition of text fields in PDF form? (Acrobat Pro DC)
I am fairly new to Adobe Acrobat Pro (most of my experience is with Reader). I would like to create a Technical Design Document template PDF form in Adobe Acrobat for my future projects where I work. The problem, however, is that not all projects have the same number of key components / component sets. I would need to be able to dynamically adjust the number of form fields based on the number entries in the components list. I *could* do something like this in Excel... but that's just not very clean and is rather painful to look at with all those cells... I would much rather be able to do this in a PDF form.
Now, I was told by a colleague some time ago that it is possible for Adobe Acrobat to dynamically create textfields based on the number of entries made in another field. How exactly can I achieve this? I have looked through the available form fields and properties, but could not find a way of doing this...
Details of what I would like to be able to achieve:
| -A user enters the names or IDs of parts in this field- |
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| -Acrobat dynamically creates text field sets for each entry above- |
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1.0 Component Identifier
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1.1 Type
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1.2 Purpose
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1.3 Function
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| -etc... to 1.10- |
2.0 Component Identifier
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2.1 Type
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2.2 Purpose
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2.3 Function
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| -etc... to 1.10- |
Until the last item of the first mentioned field. Each component could begin its own page, but that is just an option.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your responses and help.