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Turn a Fillable Form into Not-A-Form

2009-01-17 17:50:29

dcw987654321

Registered: Jan 17 2009

Posts: 4

How do I take a filled in form and just make it a generic pdf image? My workaround has been to print it out to a hard copy, and then scan it back and work with it from there. That seems pretty prehistoric for a piece of software that I paid almost $250 for.

Thanks.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Macintosh

2009-01-18 00:00:01

George_Johnson

Registered: Jul 6 2008

Posts: 1876

You can use the doc.flattenPages JavaScript method. If you create a custom menu item or toolbar button, the process of flattening a document can be quite simple. Fortunately for you, Thom Parker shows you how to do this at: http://www.windjack.com/products/freestuff.php

George

2009-01-18 19:56:47

thomp

Registered: Feb 15 2006

Posts: 4411

Thanks George!! You can also find the Flattener (and other JavaScript automation tools) at www.pdfscripting.com.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script