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Acrobat DC forms have periwinkle colored boxes obstructing the view.

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April 1, 2016
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My check boxes overlap and are periwinkle blue, why????

In 10 and versions before looks correct

Cannot find a setting problem here

Acrobat DC seems to be cumbersome in editing forms so will use 10, but cannot control what my audience uses.

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Correct answer try67

Go to Edit - Preferences - Forms and tick off "Highlight form fields". It's exactly the same as in older versions, I believe.

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George_Johnson

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The forms preference that controls field highlighting is the unfortunately labeled "Show border hover color for fields", as opposed to "Highlight form fields" which would make a lot more sense.

Mike_Gondek10189183

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Would make sense for that to be off by default, as this will create problems for the average person filing out a form.

try67

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On my 2nd screenshot, how does someone know where to click to mark a checkbox, or that those even are checkboxes?

For someone who may be seeing this form the first time, would probably scare them away and think the form is not functionable.

The fields are overlapping so they look weird, but if they didn't it would be quite clear. Anyway, that's a personal preference, I guess.

By the way, it's possible to embed a script in your file that will disable this highlighting, but it will affect all other files as well, not just your own.

try67

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Go to Edit - Preferences - Forms and tick off "Highlight form fields". It's exactly the same as in older versions, I believe.

Mike_Gondek10189183

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Thanks that fixes the DC problem. One more if I can ask so similar but entirely different cause.

You can see the problem in form editing mode (18,19,20 show as white background.)

But I see nothing different in properties. I am making my pdf forms in InDesign first, so not sure why the boxes get taller than i originally made them on check boxes. I believe this may've to do with 18 overlapping 15.

try67

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I would recommend not creating the fields in InDesign. It creates problematic fields, unfortunately.

Create the layout in ID and then add the fields in Acrobat.

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