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tunecrew
tunecrew
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June 29, 2017
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Form Field Properties missing Format, Validate, Calculate, etc.

  • June 29, 2017
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Running Acrobat Pro DC 2017 Release (Continuous) 2017.009.20044 on OS X 10.11.6

Create a document in Word 2011 - go to Print -> Save As PDF or Print -> Save As Adobe PDF

Open PDF in Acrobat Pro

Select Tools -> Prepare Form, add different form fields (text, date, etc.)

This works fine, but all of them no matter what kind only have General, Appearance, Position, Options tabs in the Text Field Properties window. There are no tabs for Format, Validate, etc.

As a result, things like the Date field just end up being a plain text field that you can type anything into.

Please explain - what am I missing here? I used to do this all the time in older version of Acrobat.

I've tried to find an answer in the Acrobat documentation but no luck (the docs suck too).

    Correct answer Tim37209388aq1c

    THANK YOU! It was SO frustrating to read so many replies on so many threads just saying "Under more" ugh.

    Just an FYI for Mac Users, disable it from the top menu "View > Disable new Acrobat".


    For Windows, the "Disable new Acrobat" is Under the main "File" menu.  Then you still have to follow the click on 'More', then 'Revert to Acrobat form' instructions. It's terrible we have to diable the new version twice to get to the functionality.  Thanks for this post.  I didn't even know what to look for before I saw this.  

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    Anonymous
    July 27, 2023

    I am having the same exact issue. My "date" properties are all overridden when I save. The format is perfect in the preview, but when I save and reopen the file, the properties have disappeared, and the date field is missing.

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    Olivier36801927ng75
    New Participant
    April 17, 2024

    The following worked for me in latest 2024 version: Remove e-signature 

    When editing form the left pane title says "Prepare a form" followed by "..." and an X (to close the pane).

    Click the elipsies (three dots), and remove e-signing option. 

    Note - If this does not work , I had also enabled the javascript in Prefernces as suggested above. 

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      Lonniusmax
      New Participant
      April 25, 2024

      Thank you! This worked for me as well.

      try67
      try67
      Adobe Expert
      June 29, 2017

      Click on Tools - Prepare Form and then click on "More" at the right side of the window and then on "Revert to Acrobat Form".

        tunecrew
        tunecrewAuthor
        New Participant
        June 29, 2017

        Thanks - that did it.

        Decidedly unintuitive however

          Nesa Nurani
          Nesa Nurani
          Inspiring
          August 10, 2021

          Hey what was the fix, Im having the same issue also

           


          Try select 'prepare form tool, click on 'More', then 'Revert to Acrobat form'.

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