Text field number format considers comma as decimal separator

[HSDNR]

Text field format:

Category: Number

Decimal Places: 0

Separator Style: 1,234.56

Currency Symbol: None

Negative Number Style: No boxes checked

The issue is that if a comma is included when entering a number in the text field, the form considers the comma as a decimal separator and will automatically round what has been entered. For example, if "10,515" is typed in the field, it will be autocorrected to "11", but if "10515" is entered, it formats it correctly to "10,515".

This only occurs when filling out the PDF in the built-in reader of web browsers. Acrobat does not allow the entry of commas into the field when filling the form, but the web-browser readers do. Additionally, it does not matter which browser is used--I've checked on several.

Is there a way to keep this from happening when filling out forms in browsers?

[Abambo · Accepted solution]

This only occurs when filling out the PDF in the built-in reader of web browsers. Acrobat does not allow the entry of commas into the field when filling the form, but the web-browser readers do. (...)

Is there a way to keep this from happening when filling out forms in browsers?

By HSDNR

You need to know that the PDF file format is a standard, and everyone can build software to handle a PDF file. Adobe's responsibility stops at Acrobat. If you want to fix errors in PDF handling from browsers, you need to contact the browser programmers. That is out of the hands of Adobe. It's like asking Ferrari to resolve a problem on a Ford car.

[HSDNR]

Thank you, I appreciate it. I'm new to working with Acrobat (and PDF/forms in general), so I appreciate the charitabilty of the Ferrari community forum for answering my Ford question. Because I'm a beginner, I was under the impression that it may have been an initial Ferrari issue before it was handled by Ford.

[Douglas30594362qn48]

I am having the same issue as OP within Acrobat (so a Ferrari issue). I am creating a form that has a field that is simply a total (sum) of two previous fields. Because these fields denote money, some of my employees input commas when in a rush to present to our patients. Anytime a comma is input into one of the two fields that need to be added together, the output is a calculation that changed the commas to decimal points. Any suggestions on how to fix this? I've been looking around the properties of every field as well as looking online and no luck. Thank you in advance.

[Douglas30594362qn48]

I know it's strange to reply to oneself but I'm not sure what the protocol is here in this situation. Just in case my fellow newbies are having the same issue as I had, as long as the fields used in the calculation are formatted to be numbers (rather than "None"), Acrobat will know the difference between a comma and a decimal. Thus, the final output will be correct. To me, this is a glitch. Acrobat should know. I'm now looking for any regional setting to see if perhaps a European setting is confusing the program. Can anyone give advice on whether there is any kind of region setting?