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Saving Entered Data on Fillable Form

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2007-03-18 19:52:27
lizurban
Registered: Jan 29 2007
Posts: 12

I created a fillable form in Acrobat 8. The clients will enter data, but not in one sitting. Can they work on it, and save the data entered, so that they won't have to re-type everything when they open the form again?

My Product Information:
Reader 8, Windows
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2007-03-18 21:27:08
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tedpadova
ExpertTeam
Registered: Dec 31 2005
Posts: 848
Yes. Users of Acrobat Pro and Standard can save data and open the PDF in another session to continue working on the document.

If you enable a PDF form with Adobe Reader usage rights from Acrobat Professional, then Adobe Reader 7 and 8 users can also save data and continue editing at a later time.

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.

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2009-01-15 21:28:53
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legna
Registered: Jan 15 2009
Posts: 1
Hi Ted...

I have a question about acrobat reader.. I have here a fillable form using acrobat 8 but I have a problem in acrobat reader I could not save my fillable form in acrobat reader ...

HOW COULD I SAVE IT AND WHAT WILL I DO?

Thanks A Lot Ted I need a Reply...
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2009-01-16 12:30:41
#3
aboehnen
Registered: Jan 22 2008
Posts: 4
We've had the same problem, however it can be corrected. It's my understanding that the 'creator' of the form in Acrobat must select the option which allows users with Reader to save their information in the form the 'creator' has made. Tell the 'creator' to go to the toolbar and select "advanced" and then choose "enable usage rights in Adobe Reader" and then click "save now". When the 'creator' sends the form back to you, you should be able to fill in the 'creator's' form and save the data you've entered. Hope that helps!
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2009-03-17 09:26:24
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csechrist
Registered: Mar 17 2009
Posts: 1
I have created a fillable form using text and numeric fields in Acrobat 8 and enabled user rights. The form can be filled in and saved in reader.
However, when I print the form, only the non-fillable parts print. The filled areas print blank.

I have created other forms the same way (so I think) and they do print correctly.
How do I make the form in question print the fillable data as part of the form?
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2010-01-28 07:00:06
#5
cephrad
Registered: Jan 28 2010
Posts: 1
Change printer to grayscale...it should print entered data
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