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murrjames
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August 30, 2018
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clear form

  • 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
    New Participant
    April 25, 2021

    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.  

     

    Thx 

    PAt

     

    try67
    try67
    Brainiac
    April 25, 2021

    No.

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    greensusie51
    Inspiring
    April 15, 2021

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

    Shame Adobe didnt acknowledge your find.

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    sajeevk
    New Participant
    January 11, 2021

    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
    try67
    Brainiac
    January 11, 2021

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

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    Hermaze
    New Participant
    August 19, 2019

    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
      New Participant
      December 21, 2020

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

      Bernd Alheit
      Bernd Alheit
      Brainiac
      December 21, 2020

      Reply from George_Johnson is correct.

      try67
      try67Correct answer
      Brainiac
      November 6, 2018

      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
      Known Participant
      August 30, 2018

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

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      gkaiseril
      Inspiring
      August 30, 2018

      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.

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      George_Johnson
      Inspiring
      August 30, 2018

      Ok, so I ma not removing the radio button.

      So please confirm there is no built in way to clear a form in Acrobat reader dc. That is what I want to know. So it becomes another failure of the application for not having that. Am I wrong?


      I'd say it's a failure of the form designer/creator, not Reader.

      try67
      try67
      Brainiac
      August 30, 2018

      how do I clear forms in adobe acrobat dc (PDF Forms)

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