Text in form field disappears when I move to next field
I have a PDF form for doing estimates for my business. I e-mailed it to myself and open it up on iPad. Then I selected open in Adobe.
I can enter data in any of the fields just fine but when I move to the next field the data I previously entered disappears unless I go back to that field to edit.
I tried e-mailing a document to myself and when I opened it up on my laptop computer the data fields are empty regardless of whether I highlight that field.
Can anybody help me out with this problem?
Thank you, Bob Kroth
[email protected]
Hi Pat,
Well I'm not sure what doc you were looking at but here is a similar pdf.
I have both Adobe and Scan soft PDF software. If you mouse over the area
where the address would be typed in and click on that area the text that is
there will appear. When you click to new field text disapears. I typed in a
price for mowing and when you click on that field you can see the price. I
have also tried this on Adobe for iPhone and have the same problem.
Sorry if I'm not explaining this clearly.
Bob 612 889-5720
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