cad-guy Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 My son has been working on his eagle workbook. He has most of his narrative written out by hand, but wants to get it typed into the pdf workbook. He tried typing into the page to describe his project, but it is only letting him type 1 line at a time. Is there any way to "word wrap" this form? THis may be a software issue with Adobe Reader. I'd appreciate very much anybodys input on this. Surely we are not the first to have this issue. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DancesWithSpreadsheets Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Not sure if this will work, depending on the adobe version and how the form was set up, but try hitting ctrl-enter to start a new line. DWS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eghiglie Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 My son who very recently just finished his project up had the same exact problem. He gave up fighting it and there was no easy way, even for my wife who is a secretary. Basically he printed it out, and wrote it out longhand. We then scanned it into a PDF for the DAC to approve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolesrule Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I believe our council allows it to be typed and printed and then taped (and maybe stapled) into place in the workbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 If I'm not mistaken, the workbook can be typed or handwritten. My son hand wrote his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cad-guy Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 wanted to do that, but handwriting is not one of his strong points! I sure wish this form was easier to use. Most of it is good, its just the long narratives that don't work very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DancesWithSpreadsheets Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Which workbook are we discussing here? Just for grins I went and downloaded the Eagle Project Workbook linked to from the NESA site. I tried typing in the narrative areas and it word-wrapped and started new paragraphs just fine for me. This was using Acrobat Professional ver 8. URL for the form I looked at: http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/512-927.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cad-guy Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 oh goodness! They must have just fixed it, 'cause it is word wrapping now. Thanks for checking into that. I have had the other for about 3 weeks. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenk Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 My son had to work with it the "old" way - no wrapping. He pasted one line at a time from Word. If it helps, for the more complicated sections - where you might want to add tables or pictures, my son just entered "See Next Page" on the form, and then hand-inserted the pages with the tables/pictures/etc... He put this all into a 3-ring binder with the pages in those plastic sleeve page protectors. Looked very nice. BTW, my son has Asperger's Syndrome. If you knew him you'd know how far he's come. Scouts and Taekwando, both with fantastic adult leaders/mentors, have done amazing things for him. He completed his Eagle on September 4th. My pride is unmeasurable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cad-guy Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 wow...thats outstanding. I have a nephew with ashpergers, and know what a struggle it can be. I am proud for you! Great job....!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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