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Form field calculation tab is grayed out

New Here ,
Jun 10, 2024 Jun 10, 2024

I'm using Acrobat Pro.

I have 13 number fields and I want to calculate the sum in the 14th field. 

I went to the Calculation tab and selected "Value is the [sum] of the following fields". I selected the 13 fields but they don't appear in the Pick box. 

What am I doing wrong?acrobat calc.png

thanks for your help!

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Community Expert ,
Jun 10, 2024 Jun 10, 2024

Strange.  Just a tip:  If you use Right-click > Create muliple fields to create your fields in a column with numbered suffixes (Example:  Create 13 fields from field A to get A.0, A.1, A.2....A.12) you only have to select one field ("A") in the picker to sum them.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 10, 2024 Jun 10, 2024

Which fields did you select?

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Community Expert ,
Jun 10, 2024 Jun 10, 2024

Where did you select them?  Can you screenshot the window after you click the Pick button please?

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Community Expert ,
Jun 10, 2024 Jun 10, 2024

This is an old bug in Acrobat for Macintosh.
What is your version of Acrobat?


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New Here ,
Jun 10, 2024 Jun 10, 2024

I'm on a PC with the latest version just downloaded a few weeks ago.

I don't know if this is a new bug but I did get it to work by changing the alignment of the number fields to "right". It worked immediately. 

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Community Expert ,
Jun 10, 2024 Jun 10, 2024

Strange.  Just a tip:  If you use Right-click > Create muliple fields to create your fields in a column with numbered suffixes (Example:  Create 13 fields from field A to get A.0, A.1, A.2....A.12) you only have to select one field ("A") in the picker to sum them.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 11, 2024 Jun 11, 2024
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You can use the Simplified field notation:

A1 + A2 + A3 + ... + A13


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