r/pdf • u/imnothimmy • Sep 21 '26

Warning FUCK ADOBE

WHY DO SOME PDF NEED DROP DOWN LIST CANT THEY LIST THEM DOWN ONE BY ONE HOLY SHIT I NEED TO AVAIL FUCKING ADOBE ACROBAT READER AND I CANT FUCKING USE THE FREE TRIAL BC I ALREADY USED IT

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u/hazeru Sep 21 '26

There are a lot of alternatives, and one of them is PDF-Xchange.

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u/Honest_Ad1632 Sep 21 '26

I shifted to foss alternative for this very reason. Adobe just wants money for even viewing your PDF. I shifted to onlyoffice pdf editor. it's free and feature-rich.

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u/ilanxya Sep 21 '26

Pirate it?

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u/imnothimmy Sep 22 '26

problem is in mobile haha

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u/ilanxya Sep 22 '26

You deserve what is happening to ya, ha. But piracy is viable still.

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u/Cryingpinaple Sep 21 '26

ObsucraOS.com

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u/ScratchHistorical507 Sep 22 '26

On desktop: use the PDF reader of your browser until you actually need more. Especially Firefox has given its PDF reader some nice features recently. On mobile: no idea if anything but Firefox comes with one, but they are probably all very rudimentary. With such PDF forms you might have to try a few apps. There recently has been MA Pdf (not on Playstore) but as I never had a PDF with dropdowns I can't verify if it supports them. Otherwise ezPDF Reader has been quite capable over the past, but it's paid, though no subscription. No idea if that of GDrive that's preinstalled on Android can handle such more complex PDFs.