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Svenja2
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April 23, 2020
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Adobe PDF formular: Common field properties greyed out for all fields?!

  • April 23, 2020
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Hi all,

 

not sure if this is the right forum, please redirect me in case I'm wrong.

 

I'm looking for a solution for the following issue:

I greated a document in word, exported to Acrobat DC and added the differen field text to create an editable document. So far so good, but if I print this document afterwards, all field boxes are missing (added text is visible but the field itself is not visible; this would be required to add text the analog way).

 

So I found the option to activate the field for printing under settings > field properties > common properties, but this is inactive / greyed out for ALL fields (and they are not locked) ?!?

 

 

If I open a complete different document, these fields are available but also the whole field properties look completly different. So it must be file dependent, but I don't know where / how?

 

 

Second doc with different settings:

 Sorry for the german screenshots.

 

 

So where can I change the document settings to enable the settings in the first document?

Thanks in advance

Svenja

 

[To find a forum for your program please start at https://community.adobe.com/]
[Moving from generic Start/Help forum to the specific Program forum... Mod]

Correct answer try67

Click on Tools - Prepare Form and then click on "More" at the right side of the window and then on "Revert to Acrobat Form". In the future, do not tick the box that says "This document requires signatures" when creating the form.

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Bernd Alheit
Bernd Alheit
Community Expert
April 23, 2020

The first document is a Adobe Sign form, the second a Acrobat form.

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Svenja2Author
New Participant
April 23, 2020

Thanks for the information.

 

Since this is new to me, whats the difference and how can I change the original issue that the option to displaying the fields is greyed out? How can I change to Acrobat Forms?

 

Thanks in advance

Svenja

try67
try67Correct answer
Community Expert
April 23, 2020

Click on Tools - Prepare Form and then click on "More" at the right side of the window and then on "Revert to Acrobat Form". In the future, do not tick the box that says "This document requires signatures" when creating the form.

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