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larnold7698@ws
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December 7, 2023
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Adobe PDF form viewable, fillable and ability to email on mobile devices

  • December 7, 2023
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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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    November 13, 2024

    Religion Certificate Formet pdf

    Territory army 

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    Tariq Dar
    Legend
    January 27, 2025

    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

    Bernd Alheit
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    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 8, 2023

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

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    larnold7698@wsAuthor
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    December 8, 2023

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

    Thom Parker
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    Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 8, 2023

    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. 

     

     

    Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
    Thom Parker
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    Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 8, 2023

    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. 

     

     

    Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
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    larnold7698@wsAuthor
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    December 8, 2023

    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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