Having said that, every time someone returns to me an Adobe form that was filled (or worse, signed) in Preview I get frustrated, as Preview mangles the form fields.

I find it truly obnoxious when Adobe forms do this, because 95% of the time, the form in question does not use ANY of the XFA features that actually require this (one example would be showing or hiding document sections based on entry, or expanding fields to fit text entered - if the form is not doing this, it should have been a static form rather than an XFA form!). Is there a way to open this pdf in OS X? I would prefer the Preview.app.Īs a person who creates and distributes forms used for automation in our agency: I hate this. When I use a Windows machine and open this PDF with Acrobat Reader there it contains a form with dropdowns and input fields. I dislike Abobe's bloatware so much that I will not install their Acrobat Reader on my Mac. Here you can find a real life example PDF (Thanks to Canadian immigration application Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the Trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and otherĬountries. Windows is either a registered trademark or a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. You can upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Reader for Windows®,įor more assistance with Adobe Reader visit

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