But the invisibility can't be fixed the same way (as above) because when I make the change and then try to save the file, Acrobat tells me it can't read the file.

When I select all the text in a box and copy it, then delete it, then paste it back in, it seems to stay visible, so it's a fairly simple edit to make them useable.įorms filled out with another pdf form-filler - I'm not sure which one it is - behave the same way in Acrobat in that the filled text is invisible until you click in the box. The text in at least some of the fields doesn't show up unless you click the cursor in the box to put it in editing mode. This is also true for QuickLook, which uses the same display engine.įorms filled out in Preview don't display properly in Acrobat. All filled forms seem to scrunch up like that when you view them in Preview, whether you filled them out in Preview, Acrobat, or Reader.