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Form field calculation tab is grayed out

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June 10, 2024
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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?

thanks for your help!

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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.

JR Boulay

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You can use the Simplified field notation:

A1 + A2 + A3 + ... + A13

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JR Boulay

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

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Carol24105057x4h4Author

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

try67

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Which fields did you select?

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