You're my last hope for this PDF issue, AGSers.

[LRH]

I'm desperately trying to finish and email back a form by the end of tonight, but I have a big problem. I tried using both foxit and adobe pdf readers, and I'm getting the same issue with both.

When I get down to a certain column, it splits into two asking about my mother in one and my father in the other. If I try to fill out one of the columns, it links the answer to the other and fills it in on both sides. The very first question is about the name, and they clearly do not have the same name, so this is a problem. If I try to delete one of the duplicate columns, it deletes the other. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

[straydogstrut]

I've never heard of such an issue myself and a quick Google hasn't shed much light on it, sorry!

Perhaps it's something to do with autocomplete, in which case you should be able to turn it off or remove the saved autocomplete entries in the preferences (you may have already tried this though). There's a bit on the Adobe site for the autocomplete options in Adobe Reader 8. Adobe Reader 9 is probably similar.

Sorry I can't be more help. Do feel free to pm me a link to the form and I can have a play with it.

I would also query how you will be submitting the form? I believe you can only save the details you've entered in a form if the form author allows it so I wouldn't want you to lose all that information you've entered. You should be able to 'print to pdf' to keep the details you've entered.

[TomatoesInTheHead]

Hm, maybe you can use a text annotation tool instead of really filling out the form fields? Foxit has such a function, though it might add a watermark to the pdf in the free version. In that case (that is, if I don't confuse the two), there's another pdf reader called PDF-XChange Viewer that can do it without watermarks.

Don't know if that would help...

[straydogstrut]

Yeah, I didn't mention it before because I thought it would be more work than necessary, but if you wanted to create your own textfields, PDF Escape is really good (and free). Just upload the pdf, add some text boxes, and export it again. The pdf is deleted from their servers after a limited time too.

[LRH]

Thanks for the tips guys. Unfortunately, it is apparently illegal to edit this form. I see I can fax it, though. I'll just print it, fill it in, scan it, then send it by fax.

[Anian]

Thanks for the tips guys. Unfortunately, it is apparently illegal to edit this form. I see I can fax it, though. I'll just print it, fill it in, scan it, then send it by fax.

...that was probably the intention of the document - print and scan or fax.

[arj0n]

Thanks for the tips guys. Unfortunately, it is apparently illegal to edit this form. I see I can fax it, though. I'll just print it, fill it in, scan it, then send it by fax.

...that was probably the intention of the document - print and scan or fax.

Yep, that's the same way my parent used a PDF they needed to send in before being able to travel to a certain country. Print, fill, send by snailmail or scan & email.