# Cannot view existing information in a pdf form

**URL:** <https://pdfjs.community/t/cannot-view-existing-information-in-a-pdf-form/1163>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Created:** [November 8, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/cannot-view-existing-information-in-a-pdf-form/1163 "2021-11-08T14:05:45Z")\
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**Hello, I’m Ron, an automated tech support bot 🤖**

While you wait for one of our customer support representatives to get back to you, please check out some of these documentation pages:

Guides:
- [Open a document from Blob](https://pdfjs.express/documentation/basic-operations/open-document/blob)
- [Support forms with PDF.js Express](https://pdfjs.express/documentation/forms/overview)
- [Add signature fields to PDFs](https://pdfjs.express/documentation/signature/signature-field.8)

APIs:
- [Core.Tools.SignatureCreateTool - addSignature()](https://pdfjs.express/api/Core.Tools.SignatureCreateTool.html#addSignature__anchor)
- [Core.Tools.CropCreateTool - cropApplied](https://pdfjs.express/api/Core.Tools.CropCreateTool.html#event:cropApplied__anchor)
- [Core.Annotations.TextWidgetAnnotation - isVisible()](https://pdfjs.express/api/Core.Annotations.TextWidgetAnnotation.html#isVisible__anchor)

Forums:
- [Cannot view existing annotation on pdf](https://pdfjs.community/t/cannot-view-existing-annotation-on-pdf/1159/4)
- [Cannot view existing annotation on pdf in PDF.js Express Viewer](https://pdfjs.community/t/cannot-view-existing-annotation-on-pdf-in-pdf-js-express-viewer/1160/1)
- [Merge API doesn’t save PDF checkboxes](https://pdfjs.community/t/merge-api-doesnt-save-pdf-checkboxes/843/1)

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