Unable to Write in Fillable Field

[hikeda126]

Hello,

I have a PDF with fillable fields saved and had no problems up until this week.  When I try to change or enter text, the below icons pop up.  The grayed out one is "Fill in form fields" while the other is "Request e-Signatures".  I'm trying to remember if I did anything out of the ordinary in the past week, but can't recall anything.  The form itself does not contain any e-signature fields.

The only way to bypass this is to either keep the "All tools", "Convert", or "E-Sign" menus open on the side, but this is very bothersome every single time I open Adobe.  Any advice?

[Sheila368545575u8h · Accepted solution]

As a workaround, I have found that clicking on the first fillable field and then using the Tab key to move to the other fields does allow me to fill in the fields.  Clicking does not bring up the cursor that allows the field to be filled in, but tabbing in to the field does allow for typing in.  It's not a solution, but at least it's allowed me to keep filling in forms until a solution is found.

[TexasTauros]

Please for the love of god fix this... it's seriously messing with my work.

[Tisseront34222876rqgb]

I was suffering from the same problem but am no longer. I do not know if this fixed it but here is what I did step by step.

• Opened the form I needed to complete
• Filled all fields using the E-Sign feature
• Ctrl+shift+S to "save as" to rename completed document for organization.

After saving this document I no longer had any issue filling out fields in any prepared forms. If I am blocked out of editing forms in the next few hours I will respond to this message with an update. 

[Tisseront34222876rqgb]

Darn! No luck. Issue returned. 

[hikeda126]

I just marked Kirk B's (rightfully now called Captain Kirk :P) answer as a solution for now.  It's mentioned above!

[Quality369011314kgk]

ahahahahahaha THANK YOU CAPTAIN @kirk5 

[Meenakshi Negi]

Hi All,

Thank you for your patience so far.

The issue has been resolved. Please reboot the machine and then relaunch Acrobat.

Then, wait for some time and try to fill out the forms again. 

Let us know how it goes.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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