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July 8, 2020
Question

Form fields not showing

  • July 8, 2020
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Hi All

 

I'm new to adobe.  I created a form using DC pro.  The intent was to allow someone to fill it in using the free DC and send it back.  I entered the fields but they do not show when I select preview??

 

Any help is appreciated

 

Charlie

3 replies

Participant
January 22, 2021

Charlie, it may be too little, too late, but I just noticed this as I was searching for answers to a question I had.  I took a look at the form. I went to Prepare Form and looked at the Properties of all your fields.  Under the General Tab they were all marked as Read Only.  This doesn't allow for any changes to be made.  You have to uncheck the Locked box at the bottom and then uncheck Read Only.  You can then lock the box again.  This will have the fields show up and allow changes to be made to it.

Participant
April 11, 2023

I'm currently trying to reorder fields manually, but the solution above is not applicable.  I have checked all fields and none of them are marked as read only and none of the fields are checked as "locked."

For the first time, I don't have visibility to the list of fields to drag/drop to reoder. 

 

I have Adobe Pro

try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 8, 2020

You've created an Adobe Sign form. Click on Tools - Prepare Form and then click on "More" at the right side of the window and then on "Revert to Acrobat Form". In the future, do not tick the box that says "This document requires signatures" when creating the form.

Amal.
Community Manager
Community Manager
July 8, 2020

Hi Charlie

 

We are sorry for the trouble. As described, the fields of the PDF form that you have created is not visible even in preview.

 

Would you mind sharing the workflow or steps you did to create the PDF form? Also, what is the version of the Adobe Acrobat DC you are using? To check the version go to Help > About Adobe Acrobat DC

 

For more information about creating the PDF form you please refer to the steps provided in the help articles below and see if that helps:

 

1. How to create a form from scratch in Adobe Acrobat

2. Create and distribute PDF forms using Adobe Acrobat

 

Let us know how it goes

 

Regards

Amal