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2007-06-06 00:24:51
acrojoe
Registered: Jun 5 2007
Posts: 2

Newbie here- thanks in advance!
 
I want to create a bunch of forms that are identical in their layout and in the fields they have, but that differ in underlying text.
 
Imagine a quote form where client info and pricing would change, but where each quote would have the same fields the client could fill out like "PO#" "Contact Person" "Delivery Date Requested" etc.
 
I know I could do some kind of mail merge in Word to create templates, and then PDF each one and draw form fields on it, but that seems WAY too cumbersome.
 
I've got to think someone else has had this challenge,and that there's some way to take a PDF template with form fields, point it at a data source and somehow merge these to generate the forms I need.
 
Thanks again for any help you can offer!
 
Joe

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8, Windows
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2007-06-06 07:41:41
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pddesigner
Registered: Jul 9 2006
Posts: 858
Try this. Create your form pages in MS Word, convert them to PDF. Go to the How To Tutorials on this site and search for how to create page templates. In Acrobat, select the PDF pages you want to use as templates. Hide them and use a button click to open the correct template from your front page.
I have a demo you can review on page templates if you need help. Re-post this question addressed to Eugene and I will post the link to the demo but try to do this on your own from the information in the tutorial.

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