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Saving Form Field Contents for Reviewing Later

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2007-03-19 17:27:46
lizurban
Registered: Jan 29 2007
Posts: 12

Hello Ted,
 
Thank you for your directions regarding saving form field entries. I enabled usage rights in acrobat 8. I then opened the same fillable form in Reader 8. I entered the data and used "save as" to rename the completed form using a different name, but when I reopened it again it was blank. Did I follow the right steps? Could I send you a copy of the form? Maybe the problem lies in the form... Thank you in advance.

My Product Information:
Reader 8, Windows
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2007-03-20 12:02:14
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tedpadova
ExpertTeam
Registered: Dec 31 2005
Posts: 848
Using Save As and Save are identical in Reader. Just be certain to not use Save a Copy. When you choose Save As are you using the default Adobe PDF Files as the file format?

Do you see the File > Save command? Your first clue that a file is not enabled properly is to look at the File menu after filling in a filed and tabbing out of it. If the word Save does not appear in the menu, then something went awry with enabling the form.Did you use the Advanced > Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader command? Using the Comments menu won't grant saving form data privileges in Adobe Reader.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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2007-03-26 15:53:38
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lizurban
Registered: Jan 29 2007
Posts: 12
Hi Ted,
Yes, when "saving as" I saved it as a pdf file. After filling the data in the fields and tabbing out, I see "Save" as an option, and I did click on it. On Acrobat, I did use Advanced->>Enable Usage rights in Adobe Reader command.
The document did say at the top, "Please fill out the form. You can save the data typed into this form." Yet when I open the document in reader,fill it out, and save it, close the document, and re-open later, all of the data is erased. Please advise. Thank you again.
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