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tatiana2019
tatiana2019
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December 24, 2020
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Please Help - I can't type the bottom of a fillable form - it moves back the top!

  • December 24, 2020
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I have created a fillable pdf document.   It has a big fillable text box.  When a open the fillable form on a browser to start writing text, the top is fine – I can type and see what I am typing but when I try to type the bottom of the form, the form moves back to the top.  I can still type but I cant see what I am typing because the form moves automatically to the top of the page.form position. I can only see what I am typing on what is shown on that default view. 

Any suggestions please? 
Thank you 

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    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 24, 2020

    As its name suggest, a web browser is not a PDF viewer. None of them properly support PDF form functions.

    You should open your PDF forms with Acrobat.

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
      tatiana2019
      tatiana2019Author
      Participant
      December 24, 2020

      Thank you! Yes I know and I do that!
      But this is to send to people which most will just download the form and open that way (browser) to fill it in before printing. But thank you for help. 

      Amal.
      Community Manager
      Amal.Community Manager
      Community Manager
      December 24, 2020

      Hi Tatiana,

       

      Hope you are doing well and sorry for the trouble. As described you are unable to see what you are typing in the bottom of the text box of the PDF form

       

      Please try the following steps:

      - Open the PDF form in Adobe Acrobat DC

      - Go to Tools > Prepare Form

      - Double click on the Text box of the PDF form to open 'Text field Properties'

      - Go to Option tab and check 'Multiline' and 'Scroll Long Text' and click 'Close' and then close the PDF form and save the changes and reopen the PDF form and check.

       

      Let us know if you are referring to something else.

       

      Regards

      Amal

        tatiana2019
        tatiana2019Author
        Participant
        December 24, 2020

        Thank you! Will try that! 

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