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Fillable form PDF no longer showing blue boxes

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Sep 06, 2017 Sep 06, 2017

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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!

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LEGEND , Sep 06, 2017 Sep 06, 2017

You can find those settings in Edit>Preferences>Forms

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Sep 06, 2017 Sep 06, 2017

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You can find those settings in Edit>Preferences>Forms

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This worked for me! Thank you!

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New Here ,
Dec 04, 2018 Dec 04, 2018

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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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Dec 05, 2018 Dec 05, 2018

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They disappear in your Acrobat Reader?

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Dec 05, 2018 Dec 05, 2018

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

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LEGEND ,
Dec 05, 2018 Dec 05, 2018

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The people you send the form to also have to check the settings above in their version of Reader. Those settings are local to the install of Reader.

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New Here ,
Dec 27, 2023 Dec 27, 2023

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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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New Here ,
Jan 24, 2024 Jan 24, 2024

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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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New Here ,
Jan 24, 2024 Jan 24, 2024

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I fixed it thanks to YOU 🙂 

 

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New Here ,
Jan 24, 2024 Jan 24, 2024

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I didn't solved it 😞 It worked just at my computer, the blue squares are still showing as soon as I send it to someone else. Do You have any idea how I can solve that?

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Mar 23, 2024 Mar 23, 2024

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

 

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