I am unable to type in a text box on a PDF fillable form.

I have previously had no problem typing in text boxes on PDF fillable forms in Firefox but now nothing appears when I try in to type the information in. I am not having this problem with the same PDF forms on either the Internet Explorer or Google Chrome browsers.

Your system details list show shat you have two Adobe Reader plugins installed.
# Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 10.1.1
# Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape "9.4.5"
Uninstall them both and install the latest Adobe Reader version.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Issues_related_to_plugins#Identifying_installed_plugins
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Using+the+Adobe+Reader+plugin+with+Firefox
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Adobe_Reader
*http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/

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