Fillable forms on iPad

I'm using an iPad 2 with iOS 7 and Adobe Reader. I'm trying to fill in f1040.pdf from irs.gov but none of the fields respond to my touch. I just get the option to freehand draw or superimpose text on top. Am I missing something simple or is there a bug here?

Both PDFExpert 4.7 for iPhone and PdfExpert 5.X for iPad say it can fill out forms
http://readdle.com/products/pdfexpert5/
I don't know the mechanism as I've never tried but I have 4.8 version for iPhone and the 5.0 version for iPad.
I am only giving this suggestion because Adobe does appear to have any interest in doing anything other than creating a Reader for IOS. When the come out with a legit Acrobat Version for IOS I will recommend Acrobat for iPad on that day.

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Ok, Thank You. I was thinking that might be the issue but wasn't positive.
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If you want to start with a reset form each time it is opened, there are a couple alternatives:
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You can embed some instructions into the form that clear its contents on form open. Note that with this option, the prior content (pre-clear) will still be in the file even though it is not presented to the user. This would be a problem if multiple users were using the same device and the form content were sensitive.
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Hi. Thanks for your assistance. At least I can now stop trying to resolve the problem. Fortunately, the organisation whose form I was trying to use have finally replaced the LiveCycle document with one produced by Acrobat and so all is well. I am sure they didn't realise there was a problem until I contacted them and explained what was wrong. I wonder if there are other organisations who don't realise that fillable pdf forms produced by Live Cycle won't work on mobile devices? Perhaps Adobe could make this more widely known? Anyway, my problem has been explained and resolved, so thanks once again for your assistance.

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I am new to livecycle designer. I have a fillable pdf form(having almost all the field types, dynamic image uploads, and javascripts). I don't know if it is possible to have fillable form for mobile devices( for iPhone,ipad,Android).
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There really is nothing Adobe can do about how non-Adobe software functions. The PDF standard is no longer controlled by Adobe, it's controlled by ISO. Some PDF viewers choose to have no support for forms, some have pretty good support, and some (like Preview) are simply malevolent. There is a lot of non-Adobe software that creates bad PDFs, and a lot that doesn't have nearly the support of Acrobat/Reader. Again, this isn't a problem Adobe can solve.
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How good is the new Adobe Reader IOS for fillable forms and interactive pdfs?

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My preliminary experience is that Reader does better with forms than with interactivity.
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