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Cannot fill in fillable form

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
November 2, 2020
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I've seen this question posted before, but their solution didn't seem to help.

I got a .pdf as an e-mail attachment. I'm using Acrobat Pro DC 2020.012.20048. The document has fillable fields.

When I go to Fill & Sign, I can click on one of the fields. I see a flashing vertical line. But, when I start to type, nothing happens.

I've looked at security and other obvious "maybe it's this" places, but nothing comes up.
I assume I'm missing something simple.

What should I check?

Thanks in advance.

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JR Boulay

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Can you share your form?

When using Fill&Sign I can fill all fields without seeing any flashing vertical line.

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Bernd Alheit

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What can you see when you use Tools > Prepare Form?

Amal.

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Hi there

++ Adding to the discussion

Please look at the help page https://helpx.adobe.com/in/acrobat/using/filling-pdf-forms.html for more information.

Regards

Amal

try67

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Don't use Fill & Sign. If the file has fillable fields then you just need to click into them in order to input text or a selection.

Fill & Sign should be used when there are no fields in the file...

Urban LAuthor

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I need to clarify one thing.
When I try to enter anything by the flashing vertical line, a chime rings - which I assume means the system is telling me I did something wrong.

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