Fill in boxes not showing in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC

[Octavian5FA6]

Hello,

Is it possible to make the fill in boxes visible in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC? I have created a fill in form but the fill in boxes only show if the file is opened in Adobe acrobat Reader; however, most of the people in my organization use Adobe Acrobat Pro DC as their default pdf software.

How do I make the fill in boxes visible in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC as well not just Reader?

The attached picture shows the form opened in Reader. I want it to look like that in Pro DC as well.

[Peru Bob]

I've moved this from the Using the Community forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums) to the Acrobat forum so that proper help can be offered.

[Bernd Alheit · Accepted solution]

In the preferences of Adobe Acrobat enable form highlighting.

[Octavian5FA6]

Thank you very muhc!

A follow up question to this: Is it possible to set the preference and lock it so that the form shows borders for every individual? When I send the form to some coworkers they are not able to see the borders. It looks like each individual person neeeds to go to preference and check the "show border hover color for fields". Is it possible for me to check the preference box and lock it so that each individual doesn't have to go to preferences themselves and check it?

[Bernd Alheit]

The preferences of Adobe Acrobat are not part of the PDF file. 

[try67]

Yes, it is possible to do it using a script, but it will affect all the files the user opens, not just yours. Why not simply set the actual fill and border colors of your fields if you want to make sure they are always visible?

[Octavian5FA6]

I actully did that but I don't like that the fill color and border prints with the form. Wish there was a way for fill color and borders to not print. 

[try67]

Yes, that's a problem with the actual fill color.

Well, to do it with a script all you have to do is embed this code in your file:

app.runtimeHighlight = true;

If you want to get the user's approval first use this code, instead:

if (!app.runtimeHighlight & app.alert("It's recommended to enable fields highlighting. Do you want to do so now?",2,2)==4) app.runtimeHighlight = true;