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Locking a form, but Savable in Reader?

2007-06-06 16:42:36

nwwong

Registered: Jun 6 2007

Posts: 4

I'm new to this fourm, so if somebody already asked this, I appologize but I couldn't find the answer.

If I were to lock a form, so changes could not be made to the layout, but users can still fill in the fields. I know that the user can use "Save As" to save the form if opened in Professional, but is there a way that when my form is opened with reader, the user can save the form?

Thanks.

2007-06-07 15:36:26

carrimak

Registered: Dec 13 2006

Posts: 165

If you are using Acrobat Professional you must be sure to Enable Usage Rights before your final save.

[Advanced > Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader]That should let them save the form with Reader.

Carrie Makover

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2007-06-07 16:05:56

nwwong

Registered: Jun 6 2007

Posts: 4

Thanks for the reply.

After re-reading my initial post, I guess I wasn't clear enough. Is there a way that I can prevent the user from saving over the exisiting form and if they wanted to save a copy, they would have to save it under a different name? Basically, I want my form to be accessible, usable, and if necessary allow the user to save, but not onto the master form.

Thanks

2007-06-13 18:25:27

carrimak

Registered: Dec 13 2006

Posts: 165

Well; one way to do it might be with a button that says something like "save a copy" and then the action of the button would be to run a menu item and then make that action "file>save as>"This is as an Acroform; not live cycle....

See if that works...

Acrobat is probably the program I use most often and I'm learning more every day.