• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Preview to Adobe Conflcit

T

TheBiggmann

Senior member
I'm working on filling out my scholarship forms for my high school, and when I filled it out on Preview and sent it, it shows up empty until you click on the field; then the information shows up. However, as soon as you click out of the field it goes back to blank again. If you print it out it prints blank, and I'm not sure why it does this. Is there a compatibility issue that is unavoidable or is there a fix to it? If I open it up in Adobe on my MBP and fill it out it works fine, but i can't go from Preview to Adobe on the schools windows computers. Any ideas? I can use Adobe, but I'm just curious for future reference. Thanks!
 
Preview doesn't respect a number of PDF standards.

While my experience with that doesn't have anything to do directly with form values, I suspect it's a similar root cause.
 
Originally posted by: rivan
Preview doesn't respect a number of PDF standards.

While my experience with that doesn't have anything to do directly with form values, I suspect it's a similar root cause.
Click to expand...

Yep, I've ended up installing Adobe Reader on my MacBook. Its nice that Preview supports PDF, but Adobe Reader just seems to work much better.
 
Originally posted by: TheBiggmann
So have you guys just switched over to Adobe as your default then?
Click to expand...

My business often deals with PDF as a format. Noone I work with uses anything but Adobe Acrobat to manipulate PDFs, except in very specific situations where Acrobat doesn't have the tools needed, like for imposition.

Obviously, licensing for Acrobat Pro doesn't make sense for everyone.

FYI, Adobe is a company with many, many products. Acrobat is their product you're talking about.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top