Adding additional text fields

Hello.  Our performance plan document used as we use the large company is in Microsoft Word and as you probably know, filling out a form with Word is not really optimal.  I thought that I would try to use Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES to create a PDF form for employees to use to replace the word one. (This is my first time using LiveCycle Designer) I have been on all successfully using text fields.  I have now a problem finding exactly how to accomplish a specific function.  Under the section ' what you have accomplished this year", I would like to have 2 or 3 text fields displayed for the user to enter their data and then have a button that the user can click to add additional fields as needed.  Unfortunately, I could find a way to do this.  I've been playing with subforms and subform instance controls but I have been unable to make it work.  Also, should I just laid out in a table?  I do not currently use a table and I don't know if this would facilitate the process at all.

I appreciate any idea which can be lent.

Thanks in advance.

-Chris

If you want to share the form, I can modify it and return it to you so you can see what needs to be done.

Send it to [email protected] and describe what you want to do.

Paul

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