Acrobat Reader’s form-related features are richer than ever with support for both traditional Acroforms and Fill & Sign forms.
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Form type vs. features
There are two types of forms–Acroforms and Fill & Sign forms–and each has a slightly different set of features.
Acroforms (traditional forms authored in Acrobat) contain form fields in which you can directly enter data, check boxes, and so on. These can be filled in on any platform and edited in Acrobat. You cannot edit or remove “Acroform” form fields on a mobile device.
Fill & Sign forms are simple forms you can create on any platform, including mobile devices. Fill & Sign form fields are similar to annotations: you can select a form element from the form toolbar and tap anywhere on the PDF to place it. Acrobat also supports adding and editing Fill & Sign form fields. Note that you cannot add Fill & Sign fields to an Acroform.
Acroform features
1- Filling out a form: Acroforms already contain form fields. You cannot add or remove form fields from an Acroform. To fill out a form, simply tap a form field.
2- Tabbing through fields: Select Previous or Next for iOS and for Android it changes to Right or Left arrows
3- Resetting form fields
- Select any field.
- Tap Reset.
- When asked to confirm the reset, tap Cancel or Reset
4- Bluetooth keyboard navigation
To help you use all your devices and peripherals and speed up your use of forms, Acrobat Reader supports Bluetooth keyboard navigation in forms.
5- JavaScript API support
Acrobat Reader supports the use of JavaScript for form field calculation and validation as well as formatting. For details, see the Mobile API Reference at https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Mobile/index.html.
Fill & Sign features
1- Creating and editing a form
- You can easily turn almost any PDF into a form and either send it to others or fill it out yourself
- Select a form tool; for example, a text field or checkbox.
- Enter data. By default, the app suggests entries for text fields.
- When you place a form element, a context menu provides options for changing the font size, deleting the element, and so on.
2- Automatic form fill-in
- To disable this feature:
- Tap
> Preferences. - Disable Suggest previously used words when filling forms.
3- Clearing form data history
- Your usage history is saved from completed forms. This allows the app to make suggestions as you type in form fields. To clear your suggestion history:
- Tap
> Preferences. - Tap Clear Suggestions > Remove.
4-Signing forms
Signing is a simple process, especially if you’ve already created your signature. Simply tap 
5-Pasting text into text fields
6-Undo and redo
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