PDF forms
Using Acrobat Pro to make a pdf document with fillable sections and alyhough it's been fairly straightforward to make, getting it to work across different devices is more difficult. For instance on some android phones the fill boxes such as names, addresses etc result in an odd pop up and I'm not able to directly type on the screen.
Also added atras where I could add photos and although this worked initially it's now not working, date and signature options don't work either (I have used the correct options in acrobat so I'm at a loss at the moment - can't find the answer on google)
Any ideas?
Also added atras where I could add photos and although this worked initially it's now not working, date and signature options don't work either (I have used the correct options in acrobat so I'm at a loss at the moment - can't find the answer on google)
Any ideas?
I pity you having to use Acrobat, it must have been designed by a committee but it's often the only thing for many jobs and has some powerful features under the hood.
The PDF form doesn't work well on Android. There's third party apps now that may help, you could provide a link to one that you know works well with your form. Sorry best I can do.
The PDF form doesn't work well on Android. There's third party apps now that may help, you could provide a link to one that you know works well with your form. Sorry best I can do.
Ah well and there was me thinking I’d won today, good job I didn’t blow my ballon up all the way [insert sound of semi inflated ballon going down] 
Thanks for responding Chris, in the back of my mind I had suspected I wouldn’t be able to get it 100% but I thought maybe being a numpty I might have missed a trick or four.
Thanks for responding Chris, in the back of my mind I had suspected I wouldn’t be able to get it 100% but I thought maybe being a numpty I might have missed a trick or four.
Actually looks like adobe acrobat reader works well, on most devices.
Quote:Actually looks like adobe acrobat reader works well, on most devices.
No idea about Android, K, but never had problems with it on my iPhone...
Its Android thats causing the issues, I thought I had it this morning when everything worked - forgot about Android phones/tablets.
Adobe deliberately cripple Acrobat and limit what you can do with forms because they don’t really want it using to create templates that can be used for design. They want you to buy design software!
I often design form fields within InDesign because if you do them in Acrobat and then need to alter anything it’s back to square one.
Not that that’s a huge help to you, I’ve never thought about Android specifically and can’t think of any feedback complaining about compatibility. But Adobe have just done another raft of CC updates (that strangely have installed alongside the ‘2018’ versions) and as well as offering some useful features they’ve also ushered in some fresh foibles.
I’m still smarting six months after my last encounter with frustrate (I think they call it support), so I’m using workarounds until the dust settles and there’s some community feedback.
I often design form fields within InDesign because if you do them in Acrobat and then need to alter anything it’s back to square one.
Not that that’s a huge help to you, I’ve never thought about Android specifically and can’t think of any feedback complaining about compatibility. But Adobe have just done another raft of CC updates (that strangely have installed alongside the ‘2018’ versions) and as well as offering some useful features they’ve also ushered in some fresh foibles.
I’m still smarting six months after my last encounter with frustrate (I think they call it support), so I’m using workarounds until the dust settles and there’s some community feedback.
