Blank PDF Form Field Issue

If you are having issues with your PDF forms where you can see the forms filled out however they appear blank to the rest of the world here is the problem.

Why are my PDF forms not showing filled in form fields unless I click on them?

Why are people saying my PDF form is blank?

Mac users can see a completed PDF document however Windows users cannot, because the Mac PDF viewer is corrupting the file.

PROBLEM:

Why are my PDF forms not showing filled in form fields unless I click on them?

What is probably happening is that the form is being filled out in Apple Preview instead of Adobe Acrobat. If a PDF form is filled out with Apple Preview it will not show the data in the form fields when opened in Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader on a Mac or PC.

SOLUTION:

Mac users Follow the steps below to prevent this from happening again

Windows or Mac user with a unreadable PDF file.

If you have any PDFs that still exhibit the behavior of form fields being blank until you click on them, you can following the instructions below to permanently fix them for that file: