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Anonymous
Sep 6, 2017 4:32 PM UTC
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Fillable form PDF no longer showing blue boxes

I use fillable PDFs maybe 5x weekly. A few different forms.

This morning all of my PDFs are no longer showing the blue fillable boxes. Everything is still fillable, but I don't see the boxes at all.

Any ideas on how to get them to return? I already rebooted my computer and did an adobe update.

Thanks!

      ~graffiti
      ~graffitiCorrect answer
      Legend
      Sep 6, 2017 5:02 PM UTC

      You can find those settings in Edit>Preferences>Forms

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      Tony36274305z9hq
      Participant
      Mar 23, 2024 4:25 PM UTC

      Simple. Open a fillable PDF. At the top of your screen click on "Forms" then check "Highlight Fields".

       

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      Veronica34269463a8kc
      Participant
      Dec 27, 2023 11:00 PM UTC

      Right Click on opened PDF doc and select Page Dislpay Preferences>Forms> Highlight Color>check "Show Border hover color for fields"

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        Johanna29049236a3vv
        Participant
        Jan 24, 2024 8:44 AM UTC

        I want the blue boxes to disappear so I was happy to see Your answer but I don't find the Page Display Preferences. Is it in Acrobat I should be? So thankful for Your help, I've been trying to get the forms clean for a week now...

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        floralimage
        Participant
        Dec 5, 2018 1:03 AM UTC

        Hi, did you work out how to fix this? I am having the same problem.
        The blue boxes appear on my PDF, but when I send to someone they disappear??

        All the correct options are selected in preferences, so I'm stuck? Any ideas??

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        Bernd Alheit
        Community Expert
        Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        Dec 5, 2018 10:01 AM UTC

        They disappear in your Acrobat Reader?

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        floralimage
        Participant
        Dec 5, 2018 11:17 PM UTC

        That's right, when someone opens the PDF the blue boxes are not visible?

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        ~graffiti
        ~graffitiCorrect answer
        Legend
        Sep 6, 2017 5:02 PM UTC

        You can find those settings in Edit>Preferences>Forms

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          Lauren31131484100l
          Participant
          Apr 18, 2024 4:40 PM UTC

          This worked for me! Thank you!

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