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Can I make my Writable Form, Non-writable once complete?

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2010-09-09 13:49:34
theseoguys
Registered: Sep 9 2010
Posts: 1

Hi, I have several forms that I send out to be completed by people. Once I get them back, can the form be converted to non-writable once I get it back?
I know how to remove the blue highlight from the fields, I just would like the information to stay as is.
I am using Acrobat pro 9

Thanks.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
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2010-09-09 16:05:19
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Dimitri
Expert
Registered: Nov 1 2005
Posts: 1389
Hi theseoguys,

You can flatten the file with a simple script. Flattening will push the appearance of the fields into the content and they will no longer be fillable. Here is a blog post about how to do this-

http://blogs.adobe.com/buildwithacrobat/2007/09/flatten_comments_in_a_pdf.php

And if you do this frequently you can get a free tool that will place a custom toolbar in Acrobat for flattening here-
http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/65.cfm
(scroll down to the "Flatten Page Content Tool" item for the download)

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.pdfscripting.com
www.windjack.com

Dimitri Munkirs
WindJack Solutions
pdfscripting.com

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