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2007-04-24 11:04:44
Rules
Registered: Apr 24 2007
Posts: 5

Right, this may take a while to get answered as it looks like a new forum and there aren't that many members yet, but here goes.

I'm using Acrobat 7 Professional and have created a form on an existing pdf when I saved it, I was able to view the form in reader and then save the form with the fields filled in, but since updating to MacOSX 10.4.9 and installing Reader 8, guess what? I can no longer do this, even though there is 'no security' activated on the document when open in Professional.

This seems to be a ploy of Adobe to now get you to purchase other acrobat/reader extensions, although it's not me that needs to save the filled in forms but the clients customers.

Is there something I can do to rectify this problem with a cost implication??

All the help documents just tell you is within 'Return a filled-in form' > "Save and email the form (if enabled by the form creator)" well, I am the form creator and I can't for the life of me find how to enable the pdf so it can be saved once filled in within Reader.

If there is any one out there that can help I would be most obliged.

Some how I feel I shouldn't hope for too much.

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2007-04-24 13:37:51
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rtroudt
Registered: May 22 2006
Posts: 4
I don't know if there's a solution in Acrobat 7, but there is in Acrobat 8. In Acrobat 8 Pro, on the advanced menu click on "Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader".
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2007-04-25 05:48:33
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Rules
Registered: Apr 24 2007
Posts: 5
Thats the problem, yes it is available in version 8.

But I'm sure you must be able to do this in ver.7 of Professional?

With the release of Reader 8, Adobe seem to have disabled it so we now have to upgrade, which I don't want to do at this moment in time.

It getting more like Microsoft every day.
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2007-05-03 20:11:07
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scottsheck
Registered: May 3 2007
Posts: 138
Tha's strange, Acrobat 8 lets you save a PDF with data in it without having to click on Enable usage rights.
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2007-05-15 22:53:58
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pdftrainer
Expert
Registered: Dec 14 2005
Posts: 180
Form saving rights was added to Acrobat Professional in version 8. Please read the legalese on its usage.

Users who have Acrobat do not of course need the additional saving rights. Those are only for the free Reader.

Carl Young
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A certified expert on Adobe Acrobat, Carl Young is an Adobe Acrobat and LiveCycle Designer trainer and consultant based in Phoenix. He is the producer of the [link=http://www.pdfconference.com/]PDF Conference[/link].

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