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clear form

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
August 30, 2018
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Probably the silliest question....How do you clear a form in Acrobat DC. I spent an hour looking. I do not want to use a reset button.

Correct answer try67

You can now add a "Clear Form" command to Reader using this (free) tool I've developed, and not be dependent on the form author to do it for you: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Reader -- Clear Form (FREE)

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patpai5C8C

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Hi everyone,

While on the subject of clearing fields on a form, i was wondering if theres also a way, to lets say, via mouse drag, to select a cluster of fields for example and then just clear those ones and leaving the other ones alone????

Out of 20 fields, if you select 5 with the mouse drag feature, could you then delete them and only them?? im using Acrobat Reader DC.

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try67

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No.

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greensusie51

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thanks Hermaze - this was driving me mad!!!!****

Shame Adobe didnt acknowledge your find.

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sajeevk

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You can add the Form Edit command through "Create Custom Tool" under the Tools menu in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.
or download the "Form Edit.aaui" file from the below link and double click on it, it will add the "More Form Option" button on the top menu, click on it and choose "clear form"

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HL0gFynbvAbrddHFNyjio5JnDvItwdfm/view?usp=sharing

try67

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This question was about Reader, not Acrobat. Your solutions won't work there.

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Hermaze

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Found it! Select the prepare form tool then click more in the side panel. There you will see the clear form option.

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Eric Husted

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Thank you! This should be marked as the correct answer and not the condescending reply from George_Johnson.

Bernd Alheit

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Reply from George_Johnson is correct.

try67

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You can now add a "Clear Form" command to Reader using this (free) tool I've developed, and not be dependent on the form author to do it for you: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Reader -- Clear Form (FREE)

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murrjamesAuthor

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Sorry, was not clear. Reset form in Adobe DC READER

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gkaiseril

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Reader cannot add form field buttons and easily provide access to the JavaScript console. With Reader you can change Reader's Preferences to open the JavaScript console on an error condition. If you know how to add a JavaScript file to either the appliction's or the user's JavaScript folder you can add a script to add menu item to open the JavaScript console.