pdf form won't work in Preview

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June 3, 2016
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I just created a fillable PDF form and it works in Acrobat and Preview. In Preview, however, I am unable to clear the form. Is this a known issue with Preview and should I worry about putting it on our website for use by the public?

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Correct answer George_Johnson

Preview has very limited support for PDF forms and actually corrupts them (and other PDFs) in a number of ways when it saves them. This corruption is irreversible. I would suggest informing your users that they should not use Preview and instead use Adobe Reader/Acrobat, or certain other PDF viewers that have sufficient support for your form.

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Inspiring

Preview has very limited support for PDF forms and actually corrupts them (and other PDFs) in a number of ways when it saves them. This corruption is irreversible. I would suggest informing your users that they should not use Preview and instead use Adobe Reader/Acrobat, or certain other PDF viewers that have sufficient support for your form.

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George,

Thank you so much. This is very disturbing since I use a mac and my default app for PDFs has been Preview for years. I wonder if you don't save the forms but just close Preview if the corruption still occurs. Good to know.

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Yes, but the problem is Preview can save without the user explicitly saving. For more information, see: Preview.app - Killer of PDF Files - KHKonsulting LLC

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