Problems with calculations using fillable forms via Adobe Reader

I have created a fillable form to use for our business. Our Tech's need to access these forms when working on job sites. I am able to access it on our Android Tablet via Adobe Reader, but all of the fields don't add/calculate Is there a particular version of Adobe we should download to the Tablet in order for this to work?

Our latest update, 10.4, should support basic calcilations. If you find that this doesn't work for your document, then please email the document and a brief explanation of your problem to [email protected], so we can better understand what the problem is.

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I'm brand new to creating forms with Adobe. I have Acrobat X Pro. I have created a form with multiple fields to fill in and placed a button at the top of the form. Under button properties I selected the submit a form option under the actions tab and chose to email the entire pdf file. Where it says enter a URL for this link I put mailto: and my email address.
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