ipad 7th gen 17.2 and failing at filling out a pdf

  • “Enhanced AutoFill identifies fields in PDFs and other forms enabling you to populate them with information such as names and addresses from your contacts”


Not on my ipad. After a half hour of trying to modify a medical form, I printed it out and with a Bic pen (invented in 1950) spent 59 seconds to complete said form.


Fortunately, Apple has (finally) fixed its Music app in this upgrade.


There newer software seems non-intuitive, with no obvious way of finding a solution, and has more bugs than ever before.


Not impressed.

iPad (7th generation)

Posted on Dec 28, 2023 10:25 AM

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Posted on Jan 26, 2024 8:08 AM

Apple's iPadOS 17.3 is available and I would recommend updating in case there is a bug with auto-fill in 17.2.


Verify that you have satisfied the steps in Fill out forms and sign documents on iPad - Apple Support and retry opening your PDF and auto-filling forms. If it still fails to behave correctly, you may have to use the optional but free Adobe Acrobat Reader for iPadOS and lose auto-fill.



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Jan 26, 2024 8:08 AM in response to Nellis762

Apple's iPadOS 17.3 is available and I would recommend updating in case there is a bug with auto-fill in 17.2.


Verify that you have satisfied the steps in Fill out forms and sign documents on iPad - Apple Support and retry opening your PDF and auto-filling forms. If it still fails to behave correctly, you may have to use the optional but free Adobe Acrobat Reader for iPadOS and lose auto-fill.



Jan 26, 2024 10:02 AM in response to dwdorken

Honestly, I’d appreciate something marginally less convoluted. It is 2024, AI can write novels, but Apple’s newest ios (17.3) works worse (on PDFs and music) than my ancient laptop.


Tried your instructions, Viking, the boxy thing was nowhere to be found. Couldn’t see where the save button was. I’ll stick with a printer and Bic pen, thanks.

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