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September 16, 2025
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Looking for advice to speed up a slow fillable pdf

  • September 16, 2025
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Hello! 

 

I have spent a lot of time and effort trying to speed up a slow responding fillable pdf. The document contains many radio boxes and calculations, which is causing a delay for each selection. 

 

I have tried to convert some of the calculations to either an action or a validation script; however, my knowledge of JavaScript is limited, so there are still a number of calculations. 

 

The file in question is attached to this post. If anyone had any suggestions to improve the speed of filling out the document in Adobe, it would be appreciated. 


Thank you!

1 reply

radzmar
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Community Expert
September 16, 2025

Avoid using the calculation scripts. They will fire everytime any of the fields is changed in the form. Use the other events instead. 

mhca1Author
Participant
September 16, 2025

thanks! i'm having trouble with the scripts for adding multiple fields, due to my lack of knowledge. Are there any resources on where to learn/create them?