Is there any way to ensure that the person prints the form with the box to auto-rotate and center page checked?Is there any way to ensure that the person prints the form with the box to auto-rotate and center page checked?
I have put a comment telling them to make sure it is checked, but if they don't open the comment to read it, they are out of luck.
Or is there a way that when they hit print, a warning box comes up?
—Gayle
Hello, Gayle:
A Document Action Script might be your answer. The one I outlined below will pop up an alert box when the user goes to print the form; however, it pops up AFTER they have passed the screen with the "Auto-Rotate and Center" checkbox. Perhaps someone can advise you on how to invoke an alert box before the user gets to the print dialogue box.
To use the script below, Go to Advanced > Javascript > Set Document Actions and select "Document Will Print" and place an action that pops up an alert message prompting the user to check their printer settings. The one below will work. You can edit it to anything you want.
By the way, the \ character in front of the double quotation marks is there so the Javascript doesn't get confused by the double quotes. It allows the alert box to display that phrase as "Auto-Rotate and Center checkbox."
{
app.alert("Did you check the \"Auto-Rotate and Center checkbox\" in the printer dialogue window? If not, your form may not print properly.");
}
—Kenn
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