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Acrobat XI fillable forms on iPad and Android with Reader?

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January 29, 2014
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Using Acrobat Pro XI to create Reader Extended forms with fillable fields for saved data within, is there any special save/setup/export required to make these forms fillable and savable using Reader on an iPad or Android mobile?

(I have an Android phone with the Adobe Reader app installed, and when I view a fillable PDF form that works perfectly on my laptop with Reader, I cannot even click into a field on the phone...)

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hcase@casadecase.com

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OK, I think you answered my post here: secure form on mobile Acrobat reader can't enter fields

So as I understand you: the Secure Form filling of form fields on mobile Acrobat Reader is NOT supported.

This is terrible! The probelm for us is not that the user can cange the form, but USABILITY. When trying to get fat fingers into the fill fileds you often hit the other "fileds" - the text on the form and it is really hard to get to the fill items.

So the message that announces "All Adobe products enforce the restrictions set ty the Permissions Password......" Is true EXCEPT for mobile Reader!

Any word from Adobe on support this feature anytime soon.

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knowclue

New Participant

I have a form which I cannot get to work on the android phone is there any way if I emailed to someone they could have a look for me. Not to clued up on these issues.

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crabtreea89848354

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I have specifically purchased Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to create forms that are fillable on both laptop and mobile devices. After creating the form I have discovered that Adobe does not support mobile devices. Even though their website specifically states that by using (purchasing) the Adobe Acrobat Pro DC software makes form accessible and fillable across all platforms. I have countess hours reading and discussing this issue wiht Adobe only to be told that Adobe does not support this feature. What a HUGE disappointment and quite frankly a blatant example of false or misleading advertising.

Does anyone know how to enable the form to be filled out on android platforms?

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

Create the form in Adobe Acrobat and use it. That is all.

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George_Johnson

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You don't need to do anything special, though I don't know why it's not working on your phone. Just make sure it's actually being opened in Reader and not some other PDF viewer.

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AllenFreemanAuthor

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I am certainly using Reader; I'm using specifically-downloaded Adobe Reader apps on both my Android phone and on my iPad.

The result is identical in both cases: I can't place the cursor within a field, I can't make an action button of NEXT> go to the next page, I can't get a PRINT button to launch a print window, etc.

It's as if forms aren't forms at all, but 'flat' PDFs -- even though the exact same PDF works perfectly with Reader on a Windows laptop...

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AllenFreemanAuthor

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It is disappointing. Other forms-capable PDF viewers (on iOS at least) work fine when security restrictions are applied.

I also wanted to clarify something I wrote earlier. Forms used on mobile devices to not need to be Reader-enabled in order for them to be saved, but this is necessary for users with desktop versions (Win/Mac) prior to version 11, so it's usually a good idea to Reader-enable them.

Yes, now I see that running the form through FormsCentral as instructed in the infographic I linked to above merely made the PDF unsecured, and that's why the forms fields worked.

So using FormsCentral for this issue is not a solution.

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