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Ashez314
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November 19, 2020
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Calculations in Adobe

  • November 19, 2020
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I have developed a deposit form and I'm trying to enter calculations to make it SUPER simple to fill out, but when I go to "pick" the fields for the calculations, I only get the options to select or deselect ALL (rather than picking individual fields). 

 

I originally created this in Excel and converted to PDF, but I kept running into the same issue and when I tried to open the Excel file in Word, it told me the file was corrupted. So I recreated it in Word (from scratch) and converted it to a PDF file and I'm STILL not able to pick the fields to enter the calculations.

 

Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

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Correct answer Nesa Nurani

Try simplified field notations instead.

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try67
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try67Community Expert
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November 19, 2020

Click a bit off to the center of each check-box, or use the Space-bar key.

JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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November 19, 2020

It's a known bug, be sure to use an up to date version of Acrobat Pro.

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Nesa Nurani
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Nesa NuraniCommunity Expert
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November 19, 2020

You can't click on these boxes at all?

I seems to don't have that problem with your file.

 

Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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November 19, 2020

Put the mouse cursor on the field name and press the space bar.

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    Ashez314Author
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    November 19, 2020

    I gasped so loudly at work when I tried this that my coworker asked me if I was okay....IT WORKED!!! Now, the only problem I'm having is getting it to select the actual box I need, as it is jumping down to the next row when I press the space bar so I can't check the first box.....and I also have to press "Deselect All" if I want to uncheck a box. Any ideas on how to go around either of these issues?

     

    Nesa Nurani
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    Nesa NuraniCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    November 19, 2020

    Try simplified field notations instead.

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