When I tab adobe tried to add a comment

[MaryMcKH]

Please help - I was working on a form. Now in all forms adobe inserts a comment everytime I tab. How do I stop this? A couple of weeks ago Forms wanted e-signatures - now this. Are there any viable options besides Adobe? 

Thank you

[SueMacL]

I'm having the same problem -- every time I tab Adobe adds a comment making it impossible to tab through a fillable form. Help please Adobe !!

[Riya Saxena · Accepted solution]

Hi @MaryMcKH 

Sorry to hear that you are facing issues in using forms in Adobe Acrobat.

We are aware of the issue and this will be fixed in the upcoming release.

Meanwhile as a workaround you can create the below registry

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\FeatureLockDown\bReplaceOnKeyDown=0

Steps

1. Close Acrobat if its already open
2. Open registry editor
3. Traverse to the path : Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC
4. Create new key with name FeatureLockDown
5. Inside this key create a new DWORD(32 bit) with name bReplaceOnKeyDown and set its Value to 0
6. Close Registry editor and relaunch Acrobat

[Gale25342898xdnl]

This did not work. Any help?

[tanyan66008123]

It took me awhile to figure out how to do this, but it worked! It might help some who are less techy to know that "Registry Editor" can be typed into the search box and then you follow the steps from there. And to set the value to ) in the DWORD, you need to right click and edit the key to check it's value. But once I figured that out, it seems to have fixed the problem! Thank you! 

[SarahSaysHello]

Thank you! This paired with Correct Answer solved my problem! It was a long two weeks until I decided to seek out a solution. 

[Sarah38030870ybny]

So I've walked through these and I've also restarted my computer. It is still commenting when I hit tab. Here's a screenshot of my Registry Editor, 

[Sarah38030870ybny]

So a new comment opens, but instead of starting blank it starts with a tabbed space.

[Sarah38030870ybny]

Ok so after the weekend and my Adobe updated it's been working. Weird. But thank you!

[claudioparoli]

...but this is something Adobe should fix or move to Preferences - A regedit is something most users would be concerned about

[Jess35536674fjeq]

Do we know when this update is coming? I use Acrobat purely for fillable forms and I may as well handwrite all of my notes at this rate. 

[mystical_teacher06983]

It's been driving me absolutely MAD. I can't fix it on Mac so it's extra frustrating.

[Marcin384014707rwm]

I have the same problem with "TAB". Every time when I want to navigate to hyperlinks, I ad comment. I can only use short cut "Shift + TAB" but my screen reader (NVDA) stoped read hyperlinks. NVDA only read hyperlinks when I use NVDA's shortcut (letter "K"). It is big acessebility problem! Please Adobe, tell me when Your company reapir this bug.