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Anonymous
July 15, 2016
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I am unable to fill out a fillable form. There is a cursor in each box of the form, but when I type nothing happens, even after trying to use the Fill and Sign tool. How can I fix this?

  • July 15, 2016
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The form is an IRS form, if that matters. I need to fill it out for a new employer. When I try to type, there is a cursor, but nothing happens. Any kind of "field" does not appear to be there.

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Correct answer gkaiseril

The 1099 series of forms require the specisl ink and are not available as a fill-in. Have you read the first page of the form on the IRS site?

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gkaiseril
Inspiring
July 15, 2016

There are many IRS forms. Most are fillable except forms that are samples or require special ink for the form background since the form is Optical Scanned with very old equipment and requires the use of the special ink.

Most current IRS forms are created using LiveCycle or XML and are not usable on mobile devices, iPads, android tablets or smart phones. If you are using a mobile device there are only a few apps that can fil-in forms created with Acrobat.

What form are you trying to fill out?

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Anonymous
July 15, 2016

It is the 1099. When I open it in Adobe Acrobat DC, it says it is fillable.

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gkaiserilCorrect answer
Inspiring
July 15, 2016

The 1099 series of forms require the specisl ink and are not available as a fill-in. Have you read the first page of the form on the IRS site?

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