I can't find the BUTTON option to create a submit button on my document. What am I doing wrong?

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I’m trying to follow these instructions:

However, when I open the form in step one, I don’t see a “button tool.” This is what I see:

What am I missing? This is so frustrating. I suspect I’m missing something very simple, but I can’t figure it out. I have Adobe Acrobat Pro through a Creative Cloud license, if that matters.

Karl Heinz KremerCorrect answer

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This is the option I am referring to:

You only need this if you want a signature workflow for others to sign your document, but not if you want a normal PDF form. As you’ve seen, the subset of fields you can add to such a signed document are different than for a normal form. You can still add signature fields to your form if you need those - using a “Digital Signature” field from the selection.

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femftal

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I also am having this same problem and Adobe Help is absolutely useless.

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Karl Heinz Kremer

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Did you select that your form requires signatures when you created the form? If so, the fields you can add are different than for a “normal” form. This is what I see when I do _NOT_ select this option:

This is what I get with the signature required option:

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Karl Heinz Kremer

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This is the option I am referring to:

You only need this if you want a signature workflow for others to sign your document, but not if you want a normal PDF form. As you’ve seen, the subset of fields you can add to such a signed document are different than for a normal form. You can still add signature fields to your form if you need those - using a “Digital Signature” field from the selection.

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scottdarthAuthor

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I attempted to create a brand new document. No joy. Even when I did not check the button that says “This document requires signatures,” I got the same results. There is no “button” tool that appears for me. I get the same form creation tools in my initial illustration up above.

<sarcasm> I absolutely love how Adobe’s own instructions are inconsistent with their product. </sarcasm>

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