PDF form created in Indesign that won't let me type in the text field.

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May 16, 2018
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I have a form I created in Indesign that when I export as a interactive PDF the text fields only allow certain characters to be typed into text fields. ex. Capital S,W,R work but nothing lower case. I am to the point where I think this is a bug. I have it narrowed down to a certain combo box that is causing the problem but I don't know exactly why it's happening. Any help would be appreciated. I can also provide the indesign file and or pdf.

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Correct answer George_Johnson

It's due to some sort of font issue with the Times Roman font. When I change the field fonts to Helvetica, it works fine. The Times Roman font got included in the document twice, once as an embedded subset somehow.

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George_Johnson

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Can you post a sample somewhere so we can take a look at it? Regarding creating the fields in Acrobat, there are a number of bugs related to fields that are created when exporting to interactive PDF from InDesign.

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natebicgraphicAuthor

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The file can be downloaded here. Indesign CS6 and Acrobat files.

https://sleepy-eye-creative.wetransfer.com/downloads/fdb558a265d13d8fc92786e6427d0f0120180516141554/c812ab835c4e0b033e9a0a5e367aa92220180516141554/1a58b4

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George_JohnsonCorrect answer

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It's due to some sort of font issue with the Times Roman font. When I change the field fonts to Helvetica, it works fine. The Times Roman font got included in the document twice, once as an embedded subset somehow.