Acrobat fillable forms on a tablet?

will acrobat allow me to scan an existing form and create fillable forms, check boxes and make simple line drawings? also, signatures?

Acrobat itself won't run on tablet devices (unless it's a Windows tablet PC), but the mobile version of Adobe Reader for iOS and Android now supports basic fillable forms and some commenting tools. If you scan and create your form on a desktop PC, it should work on those mobile platforms.

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Why does it take so long to create an Acrobat fillable form

When I try to create a fillable form using Acrobat X, it takes a very long time. The progress bar moves extremely slowly. If I hit cancel than the PDF form that I was trying to create will show up in the window. Does anyone know what is going on? It doesn't complete the process, instead it says "Fatal Error- Acrobat failed to send DDE Command" Any thoughts? Thanks

It depends upon your work flow.
If you use OpenOffice and create the form fields in OpenOffice, you can export the form to the PDF format and retain the combo and list boxes.
If you add the form fields manually, it may work faster then the form Wizard. It also helps to understand how to create multiple fields, work with arrays and understand hierarchical fields and how to use them.

Does the recipient of an Acrobat fillable form have to have Acrobat in order to fill it out?

I'm hoping to post fillable Adobe Acrobat forms on our website, but am wondering if those filling them out will have to also have Acrobat. Most if not all of them will only have Reader.

Hi lorriec60821670,
If the form is saved in 'Reader Extended PDF' format then it is not necessary for the person filling the form to have Acrobat installed on their system.
You can created forms using Acrobat on your computer & Save them using 'Reader Extended PDF' option , this will allow the users at the other end to fill the form using Adobe Reader & it won't be necessary for them to install Acrobat on their system.
Let me know if you still need any help, we will be more than happy to assist you.
Regards,
Aadesh

Acrobat Fillable Form, Client is not able to email. Please Help?

I created a fillable formin Acrobat Professional and sent it to my client. I put a "Submit form" button on the last page and Client says they get a message stating "this function is not permitted".
I've reduced it down to be compatible with version 5.0 but they are still having a problem. Nothing is locked and I set up the form correctly. Any Help would be greatly appreciated.

The other option is to allow submission of XML or FDF file data. Without the Reader extensions, someone using Reader can not save the file to send. However, the data can be submitted. E-mail is not very reliable for use with Acrobat or Designer forms. It is best to submit the form data to a web script.

Acrobat Fillable Form -Reader Enable Not Working Correctly

I have a form that has been used and modified a number of times that is accessed from an intranet. I am trying to make it Reader enabled, (All user have Reader X installed). I enabled, and infact if I try to Enable Usage Rights I get the error dialog box that says. "This document already has enabled usage rights in Adobe Reader. To remove Reader Enablement, use File > Save a Copy" However, I go to a PC with Reader installed and try to open the file I get the following error in the lavendar bar at the top - "Fill out the following ofr. You cannot save data typed into this form..." So the Reader Enablement isn't carrying over in the form when reviewed from the Intranet .
When I just attach a copy of the form and send it to someone with Reader only it appears with the following error message: "This document enabled extended features in Acrobat Reader. The document has been changed since it was created and use of extended features is no longer available. Please contact the author for the original version of this document." It was sent after I added the enabled fields and was not edited or saved again although it was opened in Acrobat X Pro.
Does anyone have suggestionsn on what miay be the problem? What can I do to solve the problem, etc. Do I need to totally recreate the form? Thanks, Judy

Judy,
The document got corrupted somehow. When I tried to validate the usage rights it reported an error.
What I would do is start with a fresh copy of the underlying PDF and copy the fields from the current form (not the Reader-enabled version, but a copy that's not Reader-enabled) and create a new form.
I'd urge you to generate a new underlying PDF from the source document and make sure that all of the fonts are embedded. TimesNewRoman (regular, bold, italic) is used an number of times, but not for any visible character, and is not embedded. ArialMT (regular, bold-italic) is also not embedded. If you can remove the TimesNewRoman non-printing things so it's not even included in the PDF, that would be better. Look for things like paragraph markers, blanks, etc., that use it. I'm not sure how it got corrupted, but fonts have been implicated in the past (with respect to Reader-enabled documents at least), so it's best to use only what's needed and to embed all fonts.

8.0 acrobat fillable forms

How do I make a text box cover 3 lines of text without a text box for each line?

Thank you Vikrantt, when I do that I get this (see attachment)
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Please Help me! Adobe Acrobat PDF fillable form questions!Desperate!!

Hello!
Hopefully can quickly answer these questions because I need to get this out by tomorow night :/ I am new to creating Adobe Acrobat Fillable forms, my yearbook adviser wanted to make the yearbook/journalism application a pdf fillable form so I went with the flow. Now I am having issues. I created it with Adobe Acrobat Pro 8.0 if that helps
1. How do I get individual checks? they all check on the same answers, I need individuality lol. I know radio buttons is jus one chance so thats why I decided against them
2. How does one do a submit button exactly?
3. Somehow, I got to the step to distribute the forms but it says error licensing issue? Any ideas?
Iplease give all an any thoughts on my questions you have no idea how much I appreciate any help!

If using check boxes, you need to give each a different field name if you want them to behave independent of one another. You can create a group where at most on in the group can be selected, similar to a radio button group, by giving each the same field name but different export value.
For #2, it depends on the details of what you want to do. A PDF form can be set up to submit to a web server or to initiate an email with the form data for the entire form attached to the email. If you want Reader users to be able to save the filled-in form and/or submit the entire filled-in PDF, the form has to be Reader-enabled in Acrobat.
For #3, please provide the exact error message.

How to create an online fillable form for mobile devices, tablets and smartphones.

How can I create "online fillable forms" for Mobile devices, tablets and smarphones?
I already created an "online fillable form" with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro for PCs and MACs but this form can not be filled using mobile devices, it can only be downloaded.
Thanks.

Hi George,
I gather from your reply that I won't be able to create "online fillable forms" for Mobile devices with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro. Correct?
If Adobe does not have another software similar to Adobe Acrobat XI Pro, would you please suggest me any other means of creating "online fillable forms" for Mobile devices?
Would you think that an HTML developed form would be a fair substitute for the PDF fillable forms that I use for PCs and MACs?
Thanks,
Alvaro

Acrobat Pro XI - I can't seem to be able to edit font sizes in a PDF Fillable Form

I have a PDF fillable Form which I wish to complete except for a few fields that need to be completed each time the form is submitted, and save it with those static fields completed and signed with an image of my signature.
Sometimes the font seems to auto change it's size to fit in the field it is intended for, other times it is either too small to read or too large to fit in the box and be readable. I've chosen the arrow tool and the menu choice Edit; Edit Text and Images, and they don't really seem to do anything.
One part of the form has two fields for phone numbers (Business and Home) and the Business entry is always too tiny to read, while the Home field is OK.
Aside from that, there are also two boxes with drop down menus which say Select with an arrow next to them, and one of them for example has choices of Male and Female. If I select one, later when the form is printed, the gender choice is overprinting on the word Select, making it hard to read.

Thanks for explaining that. I wish I had "Locked" all the fields before I started then, since I did get somehow get a couple of them rearranged by accident and it took some (not a lot) of work to get them back in the proper order.
For the present file, which I am not adding captions to, how would I set the "read only' property? I looked around in the Tools area and the only thing that looked possible that I found was Protection; Restrict Editing but I didn't go farther yet because it wanted me to set a password before proceeding.
Is it possible to make individual fields "Read Only" rather than the whole document?
As for the signatures, what I did is sign on a piece of paper, scan that into a JPG file, and then choose "Sign" from the top menu bar between the Tools and Comment choices:
This allowed me to drag the image of my signature to the line on the form where I am supposed to sign it, and place it there. Then when I save the form with that signature on it, if I open it again and go to Forms Edit, I get a message that the form contains no Form Fields, and asks it I want Acrobat to detect fields for me. If I choose yes, it then detects fields that were not previously filled in, but not the fields in which I had placed default entries before saving it.
I see where you mean about Signature on the left pane, but if I open that after loading a PDF that I signed using the above procedure, it detects no signature. So the "Digital Signature" you mention must not be the image of the signature like I am using. So if I want to make the image of my signature into a "Digital Signature" that can be verified, do I have to go to some third party paid procedure like Verisign or EchoSign or something or can I somehow self certify the image of my signature?
I notice, as a side issue, that if I upload the blank unmodified PDF Form to Acrobat.com, it lets me fill it out and saves the file with a "form" extension, and they have a menu choice to Sign, but if you choose that you just get a box in which it expects you to draw your signature with your finger or a stylus I guess, but the result doesn't look much like my signature, and then if you save it to the computer, it does save it as a PDF file, but if you try to print it, the printed document is blank, so that is kind of useless.
Thanks for your continued help!

How do I send a PDF fillable form from Adobe Reader Acrobat?

I just installed Adobe Reader in my iPad to send a fillable form but as I sent it out the form is received blank by the recipient. How do I save the PDF fillable form and send it out with the filled out information. I am able to save it in Acrobat but for some reason I send the form but the recipient receives it blank. What can I do? Thank you for your help.

Your recipient needs to use Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat to reliably view a filled form. Chances are they are using a third-party, substandard PDF reader like Apple Preview. Adobe Reader is a free download; if necessary, you could provide them a link from the Adobe website.

Issue while changing fields in a fillable form PDF (Acrobat 10.1.4 Pro)

Good Afternoon!
This is my first time posting here, so forgive me if this is in the wrong place.
I am an IT technician trying to support a user who is trying to change a PDF into a fillable form using Acrobat 10.1.4. She is trying to use the wizard as shown in the image below:
When she uses this function, Acrobat goes through and automatically detects all possible fields and creates them for her. Below is an image of the result:
What she is trying to do is change some of the field types - specifically, she wants to change the box next to "Adult/non-college request" to a check box. She right clicks on this field to change it, and when she does, Acrobat simply closes. No error comes up, and she is not given the option to save the document - when she opens it again, it is an ordinary PDF. In addition, if she creates the form, and then only tries to save the form (without trying to change the fields), Acrobat again simply closes itself. However, she is able to manually create fillable fields if she does not use the wizard at all, and the document functions normally.
Any help with this issue would be most appreciated.

Save early and often.
I would save the result right after the wizard has made its errors.
One needs to delete the form field and then manually add the correct type of field. If you want that check box and the next to be mutually exclusive, one gives them the same name and sets the export value for each check box to a unique value.
I edit forms by opening the "Tools => Forms => Edit fields".
How to create editable PDF form fields
I do not like the wizards and create forms by adding all form fields manually according to my planned form design.

I want to create a fillable form using the templates that were in adobe acrobat

Hi all,
I am having trouble finding the templates that were offered in the previous version of Adobe. Before, when I wanted to create a form, I could simply click "create form" select from template, and I had access to dozens of varieties of forms. Now when I try the same thing, it only lets me scan in a paper form. I don't have a paper form. That's why I'm trying to make one.
Any advice would be appreciated, I have tried to search for my question but the help function keeps redirecting me back to "how to prepare a fillable form" and tells me to use a paper document. Why did this simple task become so difficult all of a sudden?
Thanks in advance,
Kind regards
Michael

That was the FormsCentral designer software. Adobe has decided to discontinue FormsCentral, so it wasn't included with Acrobat DC.
The usual way to create a form in Acrobat is to create the layout in a program such as InDesign or Word and create a PDF. You can then add the fields in Acrobat, which can attempt to automatically add fields where it thinks they belong.

Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional-Fillable Form Fields Disappeared

Urgent Reply Needed --- After spending from 3 hours creating Fillable Form Fields - which I have done many times - the most recent form I just completed had all forms fields except one missing when I reopened the Adobe Acrobat document. How did this happen? How can I prevent it happening again as I have never seen this happen before?
thanks - Bonnie

Bonnie,
You'll get a much quicker answer asking this question on the regular Acrobat User-to-User forum. This forum is Acrobat 3D Feature specific, and as such, only has people looking for 3D related issues. You'll get a much quicker answer on the other forum.

Why can't users save data in fillable form created in Adobe Acrobat X Pro?

I have created a fillable pdf form in Adobe Acrobat X Pro and have everything working great. When I send it to users they can fill in all of the information, but they can not save the data in the form. I have followed these instructions before I send the form to the users: (Acrobat Pro) Type in non-fillable forms (File > Save As > Reader Extended PDF > Enable Additional Features.
The form includes text fields, radio buttons, e-signatures (x).
I have researched for days, spoke to countless "Adobe Chat Room Techs" and still have no idea what I am doing wrong.
I am so desperate for help. Any advice would be appreciated.
ML

I've created a form in LiveCycle Designer & Acrobat X, and saved it.
However, when I open it up with Adobe Reader XI, I get the following message
What am I doing wrong?
This used to be a relatively simple process, and now I'm completely confused with how I enable saving forms that others have filled out.
If I'm understanding what has been written in this thread previously, this is now normal functionality that doesn't require special settings like it had previously.
Some help would be greatly appreciated.
Here is the link to the PDF in question:
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Fillable forms in Adobe Acrobat XI Pro

I am using Acrobat XI Pro to create a fillable form from one of my word documents. I have a field with 7 drop down boxes. Within the drop down, there a 4 choices and each choice has a numerical value.
i.e. One drop down box is: Safety and the 4 choices are:
Critical event = 20
Documented near-miss = 15
Risk = 10
No safety issue = 0
I want the user to choose one and then have the numerical value autopopulate
There are 7 of these drop downs that will have a grand total.
Is there a way to do this in Adobe Acrobat XI Pro?

I looked up a javascript but I don't think I did it correctly.
I have a very basic calculation:
Safety: Dropdown list containing:
     Critical = 20
     Documented near-miss = 15
     Risk = 10
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Next to the dropdown I have a text field text box where the user can enter the numerical value (0, 10, 15, 20)
Then I have a Total Score text field text box where I used the "Calculate" tab, "Value is the sum", "Simplified field notation": then I picked the 7 fields
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Just seems like there should be a simpler way.

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