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Place this box over the line where you want a date to be applied and left click to place.Ī yellow box will appear after placing the field. When you click on the date button the mouse will change to a box that can be placed on the form. There are two forms that will need to be added, both of them being dates. The button is located on the menu bar above the PDF and is marked in the screenshot below. On the menu that pops up uncheck the box labeled "Automatically detect Form fields" and then click OK and click the blue Start button. By default it's turned on so you will need to click the change button. On the next screen check to see if form fields are being automatically detected. Scroll down to the section marked Forms & Signatures and click on Prepare Form. On the right-side panel click on More Tools. If no error is received click the close button on the Edit PDF line that appeared. If you receive an unknown error please see the troubleshooting section before continuing. On the right-side panel click on Edit PDF. Once the program is launched you will need to open the specific PDF that needs edited.Īfter the PDF file has been opened you will need to check and make sure it's compatible. Launch Acrobat DC either by clicking on the desktop item or by searching for it in the start menu. If you do not Acrobat DC installed to your computer please check the KB article: HERE Remember you cannot save a completed copy of this form with Adobe Reader 9 or later.This tutorial will go over the process of adding signature and date forms into PDF files that other people can sign. Common problems that can occur will be dealt with in the troubleshooting section. However, the form itself will not be sent. Clicking this button will email a data file containing data you type into this form. The client got an error message indicating "This operation is not permitted" and a colleague (who only has Reader) got the message: " Sending Data Files By Email Please Note: This form contains an email submit button. The problem is that after opening the form (pdf 2 which is attached in pdf 1) from pdf 1 it seems that those who have a Reader cannot submit the form:

Both PDF's were originally created in InDesign CC.

Note: I have experimented by also saving pdf 1 as a Reader extended PDF in case this was the problem.

Note: The form when not attached to pdf 1 works perfectly.

That form (pdf 2) has been saved as a Reader Extended PDF so that users who only have Reader can still fill it in and submit it using its 'submit to email' button.

In other words the button opens a second pdf (pdf 2), which is attached within the document (pdf 1) and that pdf 2 is a form that one can submit to an email address. I have created a text only pdf (call it pdf 1) with a button at the bottom of the text.