IPhone viewing PDF forms

Hi guys,
I have a PDF form that was filled out and saved with Acrobat Premium and then e-mailed. I can view the form attachment normally on a PC, but the iPhone merely shows the PDF without any of the form data filled in.
Am I missing something or is the iPhone missing form support?

In case anyone else has this problem, I fixed it...
Situation: I made the fillable form with an existing PDF document, I did not start from scratch.
Solution: I saved the original PDF as a Word document, and then turned on the "paragraph marking" tool in Word. This revealed that there was a text box hidden at the bottom of the document. Once I removed the text box, I re-saved the document as a PDF and recreated the form again. It was kind of a pain, but it solved the problem!

Similar Messages

I'm having trouble viewing PDF forms in a browser

When I go to a business site for a manual and the format is using pdf, after viewing I cannot go back to previous page using the back button or the arrow back. It keeps returning to the pdf manual I was viewing. I have to click the arrow twice or three times to return to back page and sometimes when clicking to many times it return to the beginning page. This has been happening to almost all pdf forms used by businesses or any other websites. Is there something I have tochange in settings?

Hi Snakedog777,
How frustrating! What web browser are you using? Do you run into the same troubles when viewing PDF files on other browsers? And does the problem only exist with PDF forms--or are you having trouble viewing any PDF files?
For starters, please see Acrobat Help | Display PDF in browser | Acrobat, Reader XI for information about configuring your browser.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Best,
Sara

Cannot view PDF forms (with Signature) in Workspace Error : "SigDict/Contents illegal data"

Hello,
With Jasmin's help, I am able to import a PDF form which is digitally signed >> view it in Workspace >> click Approve/Decline for archiving. Thanks Jasmin !
When I view the form in workspace, I get a "Atleast one signature is invalid" prompt on the top left corner of the window. Upon clicking the "Signature Panel", it says "The Signature is invalid" with a description of "SigDict/Contents illegal data"
Once the process is complete, I am unable to open the same form. I get an error message in Adobe Reader (within workspace).
"Adobe Reader could not open '_7358722841708390983-102[1]' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged ( for example, it was sent as an email attachments and wasn't correctly decoded)"
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Aditya

For everyone's reference.
I figured out the "Signature is Invalid" message.
This was my fault as I used a Form Augmenter (insert form bridge) to a signed form which broke the PDF.
After removing that module, I no longer got that message. However, once I approve the form I could no loner view it and I would still get an error.
"Adobe Reader could not open '_7358722841708390983-102[1]' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged ( for example, it was sent as an email attachments and wasn't correctly decoded)"
Anyone know why ?
Aditya

Viewing PDF forms created with LiveCycle in web browsers

Hi,
We created a form in LiveCycle. But this form is not viewable in any of our web browsers (i.e. Safari and Firefox), when using Google docs and Foxit Reader and it also does not open in Mac Preview. I have to download it to my computer and then open it with Adobe Reader to view it. I want to make sure it has all the viewing capabilities available when I send it out to people, please let me know if there is a solution out there.
Note:
I have updated the Adobe Reader to the latest version
I have removed all the previous versions of Adobe Reader
I have also tested it with different computers and continue to encounter the same issues.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Lisette

Sending PDFs without an Email Client Software installed needs to be handled at the server. Using a Microsoft .net web server, and SMTP host, you can send e-mail with PDFEmail.net. PDFEmail.net doesn't require Adobe Acrobat or Reader installed on the server, and works on remote and local web servers with access to a local or remote SMTP user account. PDFEmail.net doesn't require programming knowledge, just upload the scripts and the libraries to your webserver application root, and point the Submit URL action to the script.
For more information, and online demonstrations, please visit:
http://www.pdfemail.net/
Hope this helps!
Kind Regards,
Nick K.
http://www.nk-inc.com/

Problem view PDF Form in Chrome

Hi all,
I have a short-lived process to return the PDF to the client.
With IE and Firefox, it works fine, i.e I can view the PDF in the browser.
With Chrome, I see this message:
Please wait...
If this message is not eventually replaced by the proper contents of the document, your PDF
viewer may not be able to display this type of document.
You can upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Reader for Windows®, Mac, or Linux® by
visiting http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
For more assistance with Adobe Reader visit http://www.adobe.com/support/products/
acrreader.html.
Windows is either a registered trademark or a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Mac is a trademark
of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other
countries.
In one machine with Adobe Reader 9.4.0, I can view it in Chrome.
In other machines with Adobe Reader 9.4.1 and Adobe Reader X I cannot view it in Chrome.
Which can be the cause of the problem?
Sample pdf: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52021969/ch2-online.pdf
Thank you and regards,
Anh

Chrome just reealased and update so now by default it uses its own PDF viewer.
To disbale it
Tools>Options>Under the Bonnet>Content Settings>Plug-ins>Disbale individual plug-ins
Scroll down and you will see Chrome PDF Viewer
Click Disable
Kind Regards
Kev

Unable to view PDF forms

I use adobe live cycle to create forms for use in our company, these forms must be editable by our mobile employees by way of free text field and drop down boxes. The form work fine on a PC running Adobe Reader X but I am unable to edit them when using Adobe reader X on my playbook. Does anyone else have this issue or can anyone else offer a solution.

Hi ,
I had searched the forum and i am aware of the solutions provided there. But that did not work for me. I found some SAP notes which say Vista is suported with NW04S SP 12 onwards. My issue is our server is running on SP11. I would have to migrate the forms to ZCI layout for it to work.
Regards
Prakash

Completed PDF form showing blank on iPad/iPhone

A few months back I asked for some help making some functionality on a PDF form work. Here is the link to that post: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/783271?tstart=0 I used a "read only" button/JavaScript to make the forms based on the help in the above post. I discovered this weekend that the forms show up blank when viewed on an iPad or iPhone after they have been filled in and "locked" through the JavaScript button. I did some quick Internet searches and found that completed Acrobat/Adobe forms have known issues displaying on the Apple iOS. So based on this information, am I correct in my assumptions? (I know my completed forms are not viewing correctly.) Also, is there any fix for this issue? Is there a workaround? Am I just making my forms incorrectly?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I was going to just let it go and forget the iOS problem but I decided I would post here and see if anyone has some advice.
Thanks

The problem is indeed the PDF viewer used in the iPhone does not support PDF forms. It is not related to how you created the form.
You can approach the problem in tow ways. Either use a PDF viewer on the iPhone/iPad that does support forms, or flattent the form before distributing it. The former approach may not be feasible, and the latter approach cannot work unless the person preparing the document has at least Acrobat Standard. Reader cannot flatten a form.

Cannot open/view/access interactive pdf form using Safari

I was unable to open interactive pdf forms from websites with Safari 6 on my iMac. I received the following message:
Quote
To view the full contents of this document, you need a later version of the PDF viewer. You can upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Reader from www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
For further support, go to www.adobe.com/support/products/acrreader.html
Unquote
I still couldn't view/open/access the form even after I upgraded to Version 11.0.04 of Adobe Reader.
This problem happens only (I believe) after I updated OS X and Safari. Previously I was able to do it without any trouble as recently as July 2013. However, I don't encounter any issue if it is just an ordinary pdf document especailly if it can be downloaded to be opened later.
As far as I can ascertain, I don't have any plug-in except for McAfee SiteAdvisor 2.0, 1Password 3.9.0, AdBlock 2.5.46 (which is disabled), Evernote Web Clipper 5.7, and Open In Internet Explorer 1.0 (by Parallels).
I am using OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 and Safari 6.0.5 (8536.30.1).
Can anyone please help? Thank you.

Thank you, Carolyn Samit and andyBall_uk, for your prompt responses and suggestions.
Although I didn't follow your recommendations, they gave me some idea regarding what to do to resolve the issue.
The solution is actually very simple. I uninstalled my existing Adobe Reader (using CleanMyMac 2 but I believe moving the app to trash should do it as well), downloaded a fresh copy (version 11.0.04) and reinstalled it again. When the software was being installed, it asked whether I wanted to make Adobe Reader (AR) the default PDF reader. I indicated OK and allowed installation to proceed and finish.
After installation of AR, I reopened Safari and went to a website to click the link to the pdf form. And lo and behold, I was able to open/access/view the document! It worked with a second website.
So the lesson is when installing an upgrade remember to make Adobe Reader the default PDF reader.
I hope that this procedure can help others resolve their issue if they have a similar problem.

Saving PDF form on Mac prevents viewing and printing by another viewer

We run a student competition which is affiliated with a national competition. The national competition provides a set of forms that must be filled out by the students, teachers, etc. We have a process set up whereby students can download a PDF form (which is enabled by the authors for saving from Reader). They are supposed to fill out this form (actually several of them), and then save the file(s) to their drive. Once they have the forms filled out and approved by their teacher, they upload them to our website via a standard web form, which simply saves the uploaded PDF for later viewing by the student, teachers, judges, and committee members. When students do this using Adobe Reader on a PC, it works fine. (I'm not sure if Reader X works, actually, but I know Reader 9 does). The problem, though, comes up with Mac users. When they do the same thing, it seems to override the extended rights in the document, resulting in a document saved on their disk that displays with all the fields initially unviewable (that is they all appear blank). If you click on one of the fields, you can view the fields one at a time. Each field appears and disappears as you move thru the document. But we can't simply read the form, nor can we print a copy (which is necessary if the student wins and proceeds to the national competition.) This is true if the form is uploaded or emailed or transported by USB drive--it is simply a property of the saved file. In our testing, this appears to be a generic property of forms processed on a Mac--and we haven't found a way around it. Is there any way for a student who has filled out a form on a Mac to save the form while PRESERVING the extended rights? Or do we just have to tell them that Macs don't work right? If there is a way for them to do this, I could provide the instructions on the page that delivers the forms. But we've tried to explore the Mac interface (inside Safari and in the PDF viewer that is provided on the Mac systems) and can't find any place that gives options that seem to affect the extended rights. Help!

kblyons46 wrote:
and we haven't found a way around it. Is there any way for a student who has filled out a form on a Mac to save the form while PRESERVING the extended rights?
There's an easy way around it. Make sure they are using Adobe Reader to fill in the form. 99% of these cases are because they are using the Mac Preview application to open PDF's and it will corrupt Adobe forms.

Cannot open/view/access interactive pdf form on iMac after updating Adobe Reader to 11.0.06.70

Cannot open/view/access interactive pdf form on iMac after updating Adobe Reader to 11.0.06.70. Please help!

Here is what it says:
Please wait...
If this message is not eventually replaced by the proper contents of the document, your PDF viewer may not be able to display this type of document.
You can upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Reader for Windows®, Mac, or Linux® by visiting http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
For more assistance with Adobe Reader visit http://www.adobe.com/support/products/ acrreader.html.

I created a pdf form and then iported it to Forms Central for distribute. It is now loaded to my website and setup so a person clicks on the link to open the form. At this point they then have to go to upper right to open form using a different view. I wo

I created a pdf form and then imported it to Forms Central for distribute. It is now loaded to my website and setup so a person clicks on the link to open the form. At this point they then have to go to upper right to open form using a different view. I would like the form to open directly in Adobe Reader form to make it easier to enter information. Thanks, Ike

If you created it in Forms Central, you have to edit it there. I believe Forms Central is similar to LiveCycle Designer in that the form created is no longer able to be edited in Acrobat. I might be wrong, but that is my understanding. You add the submit button in Forms Central. Within Acrobat, you should be able to go to the forms menu and Manage Data to save the data to an Excel file. Others better with forms should be by to clarify things, but this should get you started. In the future you might find it better to post a forms question in the forms discussions.

Texts in pdf form don't appear when viewing in Acrobat nor in Reader.

Texts in pdf form don't appear when viewing in Acrobat nor in Reader nor when printed after the form has been filled. But the texts appear when one clicks inside the field. What is the solution to be able to print and view all of the texts in all of the fields that have been typed.

More than likely caused by someone filling out the form with Mac Preview.
Here's a potential fix: http://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/885/cpsid_88564.html

PDF form has lock icon and I'm unable to view my information entered

I've been working on a 127 page pdf form for a couple of weeks and have saved all of my information multiple times. I recently opened the document to complete the form(I literally had 2 entries left) and I am unable to view any of the information I've entered. The information is no doubt still there because the original form is 7mb, and my saved form is 7.26mb. I am also able to see all of my information when I preview the document by opening the my documents window and clicking once to preview the form in the same window, however can not see any of my information when I attempt to edit it and open the form completely. I am using a PC, windows 7. I'm assuming I can't view my info. because I somehow locked it but I am not asked for a password when I open it. I recently downloaded the original form again and typed in info. and there is no lock icon when I save it under a different name and I'm able to view the info. entered. I have no idea how I locked the form or if this is the reason I can't view the info. when I open the documetn completely. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

There's not much you can do at this point. If you changed the passcode since the last time you synced, or the computer you were syncing with is not available, then there's no way to bypass it. You're going to lose the information.

PDF Form in Exchange ok, on iPhone empty

We create a PDF Form for customers. The problem is, that the form is filled out correctly in Outlook 2010. But on the iPhone, you see only an empty form.

In case anyone else has this problem, I fixed it...
Situation: I made the fillable form with an existing PDF document, I did not start from scratch.
Solution: I saved the original PDF as a Word document, and then turned on the "paragraph marking" tool in Word. This revealed that there was a text box hidden at the bottom of the document. Once I removed the text box, I re-saved the document as a PDF and recreated the form again. It was kind of a pain, but it solved the problem!

Only able to view entered info. on PDF form when I preview it?

I was almost finished completing a 127 page form and when I went to open it today I was unable to view all of the information I have entered. The info. is no doubt there because I can view everything I've entered when I preview it but once I open the document completely I can't view anything, even if I click on the box. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I don't think that's the problem because I just reloaded the original form and typed in a few entries and was able to view my info. I just submitted another question as I think the problem may be that the file has a lock icon but I have no idea how I locked it. Below is my entry. Any help would be appreciated!
PDF form has lock icon and I'm unable to view my information entered
This question is Not Answered.(Mark as assumed answered)
Nov 10, 2013 5:21 AM
Tags (edit): none (add)
I've been working on a 127 page pdf form for a couple of weeks and have saved all of my information multiple times. I recently opened the document to complete the form(I literally had 2 entries left) and I am unable to view any of the information I've entered. The information is no doubt still there because the original form is 7mb, and my saved form is 7.26mb. I am also able to see all of my information when I preview the document by opening the my documents window and clicking once to preview the form in the same window, however can not see any of my information when I attempt to edit it and open the form completely. I am using a PC, windows 7. I'm assuming I can't view my info. because I somehow locked it but I am not asked for a password when I open it. I recently downloaded the original form again and typed in info. and there is no lock icon when I save it under a different name and I'm able to view the info. entered. I have no idea how I locked the form or if this is the reason I can't view the info. when I open the documetn completely. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

IPhone viewing PDF forms

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for