Auto Populate Form Fields in Adobe PDFs - Repeating a Field in Other Parts of Your PDF

Three different ways to auto populate form fields by repeating or duplicating a form field throughout your PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro. See how to create repeating fields that users fill in once, and the response populates in other parts of your PDF. This is useful when you capture a user's Name at the top of a form and then you want that person's name to populate in other places throughout the PDF document.

Scenario 1: Duplicate Across PDF Pages
- Automatically copies the field once at the top of each page of your PDF
Useful to auto populate a Name or DOB on top of each page of a packet of forms

Scenario 2: Copy & Paste
- Allows you to place the field anywhere throughout the PDF where you want that field repeated
Useful when you want to duplicate a field to appear in multiple places

Scenario 3: Custom JavaScript
- Allows you to program existing form fields to auto populate from a designated field
Useful when your existing form field properties are already named, and you want to set them to auto populate

JavaScript code used in this video:

//Replace "Name1" and "Name2" in the code above with your respective field names

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00:00 Auto Populate Form Fields in Adobe Acrobat Pro
00:09 Duplicate Across PDF Pages
01:32 Copy & Paste PDF Fields
03:38 Custom JavaScript to Auto Populate a Field

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[SharonSmith]

🔍 Need to repeat form fields in your PDF? Check out three scenarios in this video where different methods for auto populating form fields in Adobe Acrobat Pro will work for you. Here is the JavaScript code used in Scenario 3 in this video:
var field1Value =
this.getField("Name2").value = field1Value;
Here is a timestamp to jump to the 3rd scenario in the video:
03:38 Custom JavaScript to Auto Populate a Field

[paultaylor]

Thanks Sharon. A great video showing 3 ways to auto-populate fields in fillable PDFs. To the point without a lot of extra and loved the "Psych" shout out in your example. 😆

[Kai-dnqg]

This was exactly what I needed. Thank you!!!

[stephanieghio]

Thank you for a great tutorial! Is this possible when working with Signature Fields?

[azn]

Thank you for creating a great videos I wish I have seen your video before I worked on pdf forms I struggled so much but got the hang of it but this definitely helps save time and to understand more clearly and how to use the options in adobe acrobat. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and making it easier to learn!

[sp]

Nice video! Can you recommend a plugin for Adobe Acrobat Pro that simultaneously renames multiple field names within a PDF? I want to duplicate a template 100 times within the same document (each template has 50 fillable fields) and am looking for a plugin capable of renaming all the fields to make each field name unique.

[BillPletka]

This was great. I need to capture the other field and add asterisks to the beginning and ending of the text. What would you need to add to the JavaScript?

[GLENED]

How I can populate some fields from one adobe acrobat pro form to different adobe acrobat pro forms. I have 5 forms that the 1st part or section is the same information. How I can link them or make them populated those specific fields.

[dirkpit]

Can you auto populate a signature using a program like topaz systems signature pad

[ofpeculiarpeople]

i've created an invoice would love to have a way to pull up client info and it fill out the fields instead of typing name, address, phone, email over and over. any way to do that?

[asadrandera]

How do I get multiple text field in one box or in one field, , , for example there is tab for address and of city one for postal code how do I get all 3 field in one please help

[daviddanielson]

Hi Sharon Smith I need your help! Is it to possible Populate one field with the data from three different fields. So that data can be copied and pasted as a group of data for use in a File Name.
This comes from the use of a Service Report in order to be consistent in File Names.

[GlendaGarcia-sbxn]

Hello I have 5 forms, that depends of what type of case is I will open the next form. Are Referrals, depends of what type of referral the main PDF have at the bottom the options to click the type of referral you will use and the referral form will open. My question is how I can make to auto populate the same information I have in the main form in the one I choose according the case. I know is a Java script but I don't know how to do it and or where and how to do it. if you can help me with this will be great. I can email the form to show you more of what I mean. Thank you.