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Make sure that the security settings allow form filling. (See File > Properties > Security.) Make sure that the PDF includes interactive, or fillable, form fields. Sometimes form creators forget to convert their PDFs to interactive forms, or they intentionally design a form you can only fill in by hand.

If you are not in form editing mode, choose Tools > Prepare Form. Open the Properties dialog box using one of the following methods: To edit a single form field, double-click it or right-click it and choose Properties.

Create form fields Open the document in Acrobat and choose Edit > Prepare a form to convert your document to a PDF form. ... On the page, select where you want to add the field to create a field with the default size. ... In the Name box, type the name of the field and specify if you want the field to be a required field.

To set a condition on a field in the drag-and-drop editing environment, right-click the field and select Edit, or double-click the field. The properties window opens for that field. Click Conditions to expand that section.

Double-click on the field and under the Properties ribbon, name the field and then set General and Appearance properties. 5. In the Options tab, select Layout and select Label only. Click the Label field and enter Show/Hide Fields.

Adobe Acrobat: How to Make Fillable Fields Visible Open Adobe Acrobat from the Start menu or from a shortcut. Open the Edit menu in the top left corner. Choose Preferences at the bottom: In the Categories column, choose Forms. Under Highlight Color, check the box pictured below.

If you can't type into a form field on a pdf, it may be due to a browser's default viewer for pdfs. Fillable forms require Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader/Acrobat DC to fill them out online or on your computer. Many browsers use a different pdf viewer by default that doesn't support fillable form fields.