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July 18, 2022
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Docusign fields missing

  • July 18, 2022
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Hi,

 

I'm experiencing an issue where some Docusign fields are not being displayed in Acrobat Reader/Pro - The signatures are being displayed fine, but the free text fields are not appearing.

I.e. We have a document where the user signs a document, and then types in their name and address in a free text box. The signature is displaying but the free text is not.

 

What makes this particularly odd is that I can actually see these completed fields in the "Page Thumbnails" of the document. Implying that the fields exist and can be seen by the application, but are just not being displayed in the document itself..

In addition the "Signatures" section is blank.

 

For reference, I have opened this same PDF in other applications (Edge, Chrome, Nuance) and all of them display correctly. The issue is only with Adobe Acrobat Reader and Pro.

 

Any suggestions to resolve, or explanations as to why this may be happening would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

David

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MikelKlink
Participating Frequently
July 18, 2022

Please share an example PDF illustrating the issue.

New Participant
July 25, 2022

Thanks for your reply MikelKlink.

 

Unfortunately, due to the documents being confidential, I'm unable to proivide the exact PDF, but I have created the following document with screenshots outlining the issue.

MikelKlink
Participating Frequently
July 25, 2022

Well, without the document one can merely guess.

 

Most likely there is a small deviation from the PDF specification in the way the fill-in was done. In case of such small deviations often some viewers show what was intended and some don't.