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larnold7698@ws
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Dec 7, 2023 9:44 PM UTC
Question

Adobe PDF form viewable, fillable and ability to email on mobile devices

I have a PDF form that works fine on a desktop when email to an applicant. However, I can't figure out how to make it available on mobile devices? My button to email it gets lost and the formatting is all over the place. I'm a beginner and getting the form to work on a desktop (has mandatory fields) took me three weeks with lots of YouTube help. Thank you in advance for any help you can give me. I've attached the form as a reference. 

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    Sandeep Kumar_Yadav5927
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    Nov 13, 2024 5:14 AM UTC

    Religion Certificate Formet pdf

    Territory army 

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    Tariq Dar
    Legend
    Jan 27, 2025 2:45 PM UTC

    Hi @Sandeep Kumar_Yadav5927, 

    Sorry for the delayed form. If you have a non-fillable form, you can use Fill and Sign to fill the form. 
    To learn more about Fill and Sign PDF Forms, please visit: https://adobe.ly/40PPscC;

     

    Let us know if you have further questions. 


    ~Tariq

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    Bernd Alheit
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    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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    Dec 8, 2023 2:52 PM UTC

    Execute a menu item will not work in Acrobat Reader on Android or iOS.

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    larnold7698@wsAuthor
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    Dec 8, 2023 3:12 PM UTC

    Thank you for this information, I had no idea. Is there a workaround for the user to email it back to us?

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    Thom Parker
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    Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
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    Dec 8, 2023 5:33 PM UTC

    The submit action using the email URI should work on mobile.  But you'll need to remove the "execute a menu item" action. 

    But this will only work on a compliant PDF viewer. 

     

     

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    Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
    Thom Parker
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    Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
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    Dec 8, 2023 1:02 AM UTC

    What app is being used on the mobile device to view the PDF form?  

    If you want it to work on mobile the user has to use a good mobile viewer, such as Adobe Reader, or REaddle PDF Expert.  And you can only used form and scripting features that work on these mobile viewers. 

     

     

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    Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
    larnold7698@wsAuthor
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    Dec 8, 2023 2:37 PM UTC

    Unfortunately, I have no way of knowing if the applicant has any type of PDF viewer. But in my testing on my iPhone, it wasn't working, and I have Adobe on my phone. The view was horrible and the submit button to send via email was not there. 

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