Editable forms typed in Acrobat display odd in Apple's
Preview

I've been creating editable forms in Acrobat and typing information into those
fields. The resulting PDFs look great in Acrobat (text is aligned, etc.), but
when I open a PDF in Apple's Preview, all the text I typed in the editable
fields is misaligned both onscreen and when I print the document.

My solution is to view the documents in Acrobat, but I'm worried about clients
opening up the PDF when I send it to them and getting wonky results

Is this a known issue? Solutions?

Example of what I mean:.

PDF viewed in Acrobat - correct

 <http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1CtqhC2b1MAEgYaxaQKNBQspRv9AFo>
;

PDF viewed in Preview - incorrect, misaligned text

 <http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=19gesQJw88nbKyXryJq63Sv2Rcj1>

Since Adobe doesn't make Preview (Apple does), the complaint should really be
made in the Apple forums. I'd suggest posting there. As a general rule, I'd
advise your clients to use the free Adobe Reader 8 which will display them the
same as you're creating them in Acrobat.

Thanks, Steve. Yes, I posted at the Apple forums as well. I just thought since I
created the forms in Adobe Acrobat, I'd see if there were any similar leads
here.

Non Acrobat (Adobe) readers will have difficulties viewing form files correctly.
Since Preview, Skim and other PDF reader type do not have a form function built
into them, they cannot distinguish the javascript field properly from other
graphic elements on a page, hence the misalignment of the fields.

Your clients will have to use Acrobat Reader 7.0.9 and up to take full advantage
of the form features.

Sounds good. Thanks for the confirmation it is "normal". I will direct
them to the free reader.