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3031601 - Text is Appearing Out of Visible Area in PDF Form Template

Symptom

You have customized a PDF form template and added a custom field on it to show some text.

However, when there is a huge quantity of text it's not fitting inside the page in the PDF and extrapolates the visible margin off the page.

"Image/data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is purely coincidental." 

Environment

  • SAP Cloud for Customer
  • SAP Business ByDesign 

Cause

The field properties in the form is not adjusted correctly.

Resolution

Enabled the field properties "Allow Page Breaks within Content" in Adobe LiveCycle Designer.

  1. Download the form template.
  2. Open the XDP file with Adobe LiveCycle Designer.
  3. Select the field. 
  4. Adjust the properties:
    ALD_Properties.png

Keywords

ALD, Adobe LiveCycle Designer, page break, fit to page , KBA , AP-RC-OUT , Output Management , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications 2102