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February 17, 2022
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How do you make Date Drop downs available to use on browsers?

  • February 17, 2022
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I have tried saving the PDF's via enabling the more tools option, however, when opening in a broswer, the date function is not available to be used. Please can someone advise

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JR Boulay
JR Boulay
Community Expert
February 18, 2022

The Date Picker came with Acrobat DC, if you open the form with an older version of Acrobat you won't see it either.

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Tia232097783nsgAuthor
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February 18, 2022

Okay thank you. Have a nice day!

    JR Boulay
    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    February 18, 2022

    "So I assume theres nothing that I can do to stop this from happening by saving the form differently? "

    Yes.

    It has nothing to do with the form or the PDF format: the date picker is a feature of the software used to open the form.

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    Tia232097783nsgAuthor
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    February 18, 2022

    Okay, thanks. So I assume theres nothing that I can do to stop this from happening by saving the form differently? 

    JR Boulay
    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    February 17, 2022

    The date picker is a feature provided by the software, not by the document.

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    Thom Parker
    Thom Parker
    Community Expert
    February 17, 2022

    When you open a PDF in a browser, it is very likely that you are not opening the PDF in Acrobat. In fact, most browsers have thier own PDF Viewers. So Acrobat ( and Adobe ) is not involved in any way. These 3rd party browser viewers do not implement the automatic calendar popup. Only the real Adobe Acrobat product implements the popup calendar. 

     

     

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    Bernd Alheit
    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    February 17, 2022

    May be that the PDF viewer of the browser doesn't support this. Contact the support of the browser.

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    Tia232097783nsgAuthor
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    February 17, 2022

    I have tried with other browsers and also through Adobe and yet this is still happening? This makes me believe this isnt the Browser but an Adobe fault?

    Bernd Alheit
    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    February 17, 2022

    Open the form in Adobe Acrobat DC and you will see the calendar.

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