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Change Tab order manually does not work

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
March 1, 2023
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I have designed a 2 page form.

The tab order was not how it was supposed to be so I started changing it.

Page 1 is all fine and it went smooth.

When I got to page 2 however it stopped working.

No matter what I do, I cannot change the tab order for any of the fields on page 2.

I tried again on page 1 and that still works fine.

What is wrong with my 2nd page that is not allowing me to change the taborder?

Template_leveranciers_inzet_2023-02.pdf

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Correct answer Meenakshi Negi

I have tried "prepare form for e-signing" the tab order is still not
correct. I have tried "prepare form for e-signing" and then the fix that
was mentioned in the post... and it still doesnt work.

Hi brent_4590,

Thank you for the information, and sorry about the trouble caused.

The issue posted in this thread seems different from what you are referring to. Others mentioned a problem with the workflow to change the tab order, which is not working for some pages in multipage PDFs in Acrobat.

If I understand correctly, you mention that the tab order does not work when you send the document for signature. Is that correct?

If yes, then that is a designed behavior in Acrobat Sign. The tab order works in a particular way in the Acrobat Sign form: it moves from left to right in a sequence.

Let us know if you are referring to something else. We will get it checked.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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defaultfs9truzuagkv

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Exact same problem on a 2 page form. Based on the post of JR Boulay I went to "Organise pages", moved the troublesome page 2 to page 1, then went back to "Prepare a form" and it worked.

I have now swapped the pages back to the correct original order and both seem to be working.

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Garbab

Participant

I also did this as it was the easiest way to fix my issues. You would think that if it's a known bug they would have figured out a fix after almost two years since just this thread was posted.

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CRMortaraCSC

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I'm having the same issue in an Adobe Pro form. It is a 10 page document, and page four is not allowing me to reorder the fields. I have tried changing the preferences as referenced above (didn't help), closed the document and reopened in Organize pages and moved page 4 to page 6 then reopened in Prepare Form (didn't work). I don't have the option to organize tabs by row. Is that in a different app? Please help! This is making me nutty.

JR Boulay

Community Expert

"Go to Edit - Preferences - Forms and make sure that "Automatically adjust tab order when modifying fields" is ticked off."

This option is a nightmare!

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JR Boulay

Community Expert

Yes, it's a strange bug.

But you can use the automatic order:

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Angelique28655872n8koAuthor

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thnks, that worked. and after using this option it also lets me do it manually

try67

Community Expert

Go to Edit - Preferences - Forms and make sure that "Automatically adjust tab order when modifying fields" is ticked off.

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Angelique28655872n8koAuthor

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I turned it off, but it doesn't help 😞

Page 1 is adjustable, page 2 isn't.

kglad

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in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post if it helps you get responses.

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