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Form with data showing and printing blank?

dianes
Registered: Feb 17 2011
Posts: 2
Answered

I have form that has been filled out and has data. In order to view the data on screen, I have to click on field. Also, the data does not print out. My Form Field under Common Properties is set to visible. Help?

DianeS

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
George_Johnson
Expert
Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1876
This can happen if the person filled-in the form and saved it using the Preview application on a Mac. For more information, see:
Correcting PDF Form Field Appearances after Saving with Preview on the Mac


You might want to skip down to the Discussion section after the first few paragraphs.
dianes
Registered: Feb 17 2011
Posts: 2
Thank you. I does appear the file was saved on a Mac. The discussion suggests that I export the form data and then reimporting the data. Can you tell me how to do this?

DianeS

George_Johnson
Expert
Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1876
Accepted Answer
In Acrobat 9: Forms > Manage Forms Data > Export DataIn Acrobat 10: Tools > Forms > More Forms Options > Manage Forms Data > ExportExport as FDF. Then do the same but Import.
George_Johnson
Expert
Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1876
The forum mangled that post for some reason. It should be two separate lines, but you should get the idea.