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How to open an adobe interactive document in mobile device such as iPad?

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Level 1

Hi experts,

I have tried create PDF by adobe but this does not seem to work.

I want to be able to fill in form fields in an interactive PDF document created in acrobat pro and save the data on the form. My interactive PDF documents don't open on my iPad.

What can I do?

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Level 8

Forms are not currently supported with the iOS reader.  We appreciate your interest and are looking at what features to add in future releases.

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Level 1

Is this still true?  This video seems to show a fillable form on a tablet, but I can't get it to work:

http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-2043

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Level 8

Forms are not currently supported with the iOS reader.  We appreciate your interest and are looking at what features to add in future releases.

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Former Community Member

I see that v10.4.4 of the Adobe Reader iOS app supports PDF form fields. This link goes to an interactive form that I can complete using Adobe Reader on my iPad:

help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Samples/interactiveform_enabled.pdf

I have created a number of PDF forms in LiveCycle Designer v8.2.1, and none of them work on the iPad like this sample form does. In fact, the form fields in the PDFs I create don't appear at all when viewed on the iPad. What am I doing wrong?

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Employee

Reader Mobile supports what are called Acroforms. However, the forms created in Designer are not supported by the Reader Mobile. As for how to enable the users to capture data using LiveCycle Designer based forms on tablets, you might want to read the blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/livecycle/2012/11/livecycle-es-next-release-roadmap-and-prerelease.html