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<p class="MsoNormal">Patricia, it is interesting you had this problem with Acrobat. I have not. If I use Adobe Acrobat Pro (version 2024.002.20736) or Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (version 2022.001.20169), the first slash entered into a text field is preserved.
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<b>Reply-To: </b>"For bug reports, feature requests, and tips and tricks about Patent Center." <patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 4:30 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"For bug reports, feature requests, and tips and tricks about Patent Center." <patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Patricia Werschulz <pat@wplllc.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Patentcenter] Trouble filling PDF forms on a Mac with Preview - esp. leading slash in an electronic signature<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi! I had the same issue, but didn’t realize it. I submitted an 85b and could not figure out why the patent didn’t issue. After four months I got a phone call from Publications saying I had not submitted an 85b. I checked Patent Center
and it was there. Then I saw the missing slash. I have no idea why Preview does this, but so does Acrobat which I tend to use more than Preview. Now I am vigilant about the slash.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It seems Preview on a Mac drops the first character entered into a fillable PDF form field, if the first character entered is a slash. This is not apparent in the Preview window. However, closing and re-opening the document reveals that
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<p class="MsoNormal">This poses a problem when entering an electronic signature (ex., “/Paul Practitioner, #00,0000/”). By experimenting, I found that if the first character is not a slash, for example if the first character is a space, the first slash is not
dropped. Similarly, if the first two characters are both slashes, only the first one is dropped. So, the problem occurs only if the first character is a slash.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thus, to enter an electronic signature, either of the following entered strings would work:<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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